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How can I get the Creation Kit program to load up the HearthFires.esm file?
1 of 4: If the Creation Kit always crashes when you try to load Hearthfires.esm, you'll need to make a small change to the SkyrimEditor.ini file in the Skyrim directory (which is in the Steam\SteamApps\common directory on your install drive).
2 of 4: Load that file up in Microsoft Notepad, then do a search for "sresourcearchivelist2" (w/o quote marks).
3 of 4: You'll need to add the filename HearthFires.bsa onto the end of that line, giving something like:
