(If the Allow box is ticked and greyed out, then you already have Full Control permissions through another folder higher up, such as your Steam folder.) If you have installed Steam into your program files folder (which is not recommended) you have three options before you begin modding Skyrim: For this tutorial we will be using the path 'C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim'.
This tutorial will take you step-by-step through the process of installing mods for Skyrim, and soon you will be gaming like the rest of us! Note that these instructions are based on Windows 7.