Hi.
My thread was the one that was just recently locked.
I found that I was using the wrong executable to start the game.
I didn't notice the separate launcher executable. Now the mod dropdown shows up.
As for not being able to install...Windows for some reason didn't fully uninstall the previous installation and it no longer was showing up in add/remove programs.
I tried cccleaner and it saw that the old install was still there and uninstalled it.
After that the game installed OK.
So, I am up and running with working mods.
My thread was the one that was just recently locked.
I found that I was using the wrong executable to start the game.
I didn't notice the separate launcher executable. Now the mod dropdown shows up.
As for not being able to install...Windows for some reason didn't fully uninstall the previous installation and it no longer was showing up in add/remove programs.
I tried cccleaner and it saw that the old install was still there and uninstalled it.
After that the game installed OK.
So, I am up and running with working mods.