Hey, I recently formatted my PC and installed windows 10. I installed Skyrim, started a new game and Alduin doesn't have any textures. He is just a big red exclamation mark. I have installed drivers for my graphics card etc., tried verifying skyrim data via Steam, tried deleting all files and redownloading them via Steam, deleting the game completely and the problem still persists. I know this happens when textures or meshes are missing, but Steam downloaded everything. Do you guys know how to fix this?

Heh... that's new...

You're talking about a clean Skyrim install, with no mods active, right?

I know this happens when textures or meshes are missing, V

tried verifying skyrim data via Steam V (that should work but it didn't obviously !!!)

tried deleting all files and redownloading them via Steam, X (it seems that didn't work either....)

Try it that way...

First do a standard uninstall. (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features-> Uninstall The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)

Next, delete your skyrim folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\

Then delete your Skyrim directory under Documents\My Games (after backing up your save files, if you wish)

Then under C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\ - Delete the Skyrim folder that is in it.
(You should enable to see the hidden files under windows to delete that folder.) HOW: (View - Options - Folder Options - View - Advanced Settings: Show hidden files, folders and drives)

Go to your Steam folder. Delete the folder named appcache. (Important)

Use Ccleaner after all this (http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner), Go to the Registry tab and hit -
In the Options tab go to Monitoring and uncheck: Enable System Monitoring and Enable active Monitoring

Reboot your computer (Important)

Then install your game again, from scratch. !!!!

*** You don't need to uninstall Steam. ***