Starfield: "Sort via LOOT" button enables all plugins, including re-enabling disabled plugins

[rux616]

Your Nexus Mods username
rux616

Describe the bug
When using Vortex to manage Starfield, if you disable any plugins in the "Load order" window, then click "Sort via LOOT", it re-enables all listed plugins.

And for more fun, if you have plugin files in there that you have disabled because you've uninstalled a mod they relied on, LOOT now spits out errors saying things like it can't find the plugin(s) those previously-disabled-but-newly-re-enabled plugins rely on.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to Starfield
2. Install any ESM-based mod
3. Enable said mod
4. Deploy mods
5. Go to the "Load order" screen
6. Untick the checkbox next to the mod's ESM file
7. Click "Sort via LOOT" button
8. Observe that the ESM file is now enabled again

Expected behavior
I would expect disabled mods to stay disabled, and for disabled mods to not get sorted by LOOT.

Logs
vortex.log
network.log

Screenshots

Setup:

• OS: Windows 11 25H2 build 26200.8457
• Vortex Version: 2.0.2 (5/20/2026)
• Game: Starfield (extension v1.10.9)

Additional context
None.