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Installing SKSE is straightforward:

If you are currently on 1.6.1170 but desperately need the mods that only work on 1.6.640 (like a specific Grass Cache), you have one option:

Use the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Downgrade Patcher (by Halgari). This tool allows you to keep the Anniversary Edition content (fishing, survival, Saints & Seducers) while rolling your executable back to 1.6.640. Install the "Best of Both Worlds" version. skyrim+skse+16640+2021

Warning: This is advanced. You will then install SKSE 2.2.3 over your 1.6.1170 assets. Do this only if you have a clean backup.

This specific version number (1.6.640) marks the beginning of a split in the modding community that lasted for over a year. Installing SKSE is straightforward: If you are currently

The "Downgrader" Movement: Because SKSE64 for 1.6.640 did not exist immediately (and many core mods like SkyUI or Address Library were broken), the majority of the serious modding community refused to update. Players used tools like the "Skyrim SE Downgrader" to revert their Steam installations back to version 1.5.97.

The "Next-Gen" Adopters: A smaller contingent of players accepted the update, losing access to SKSE-dependent mods temporarily until the SKSE team updated the extender. This specific version number (1

You have SKSE 2.2.3 and Skyrim 1.6.640. You launch skse64_loader.exe. The game opens, but you get a popup: "You are using a newer version of Skyrim than this SKSE supports."