I have created Lorkirs Tomb plug in from the creation kit tutorial, but i cant select the Data File option on the Skyrim start up screen. The Data File option is greyed out and there for i can't select the plugin i wish to load

I believe there is an .ini setting that allows you to click it. For some unknown reason, it automatically defaults to false. Hold on, I'l see if I can find it.

Here it is:

bEnableFileSelection=1

Add this to your "Documents/My Games/Skyrim/SkyrimPrefs.ini"

Have tried it but no joy still greyed out

Then try adding the line to Skyrim.ini in the Documents directory.

no its still greyed out and wont let me click on it

It seems you need to add the line under "[Launcher]" in SkyrimPrefs.ini. Try adding it there.

Yeah that worked

Thanks for your help thats been driving me crazy lol

No problem.

Always,
Moopus

Just for future reference - if you have to turn certain mods on and off frequently for testing there is a quicker way to do it then booting up the launcher everytime. Navigate to \Users\"your user name"\AppData\Local\Skyrim\plugins.txt

This text file controls which mods are loaded into your game; delete and add as needed. Just be sure to spell the names of the mods correctly. i find this way to be much less irritating when I need to switch out mods a lot.

note: 'AppData' is a hidden folder by default.