just curious, in GECK, simply opening a cell didnt create a dirty record, If I moved/inserted/deleted anything in the cell, then it created the record.

but it seems that in CK, just openeing the cell seems to be recording in the plugin file.

when I deleted these records with tesvsnip, it shows some error message during bootup in CK.

This does not happen for me. I can open any cell with no edit. But, if when I am checking objects out, I accidentally mess with them, then it shows as edited.
I have actually successfully linked vanilla xmarkers into my script properties with no edit to the cell I linked to. (for my teleport destinations)

thanks, I guess I was being sloppy.

if you get the error message about record count doesnt match, hit yes and the CK will update the header with the correct record count.

I only got that error when I loaded a mod I created using 'SkyEdit'.
Could TESsnip be causing the header errors too?

i think any of the manual hex editors will have this error message, unless you went in the header of the esp and updated the record count yourself.