My Sims 4 Won 39;t Launch

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Ifyou can't launch Sims 4 from within the App, please try playing in a clean user folder, as a test. Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, if it launches, a clean folder will spawn with no content. (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game.) Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just let me know whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit.

@kir6739 Do you have any Razer software enabled, for example Cortex or Synapse? If so, please uninstall it, restart your computer, and see whether you can play. It's sometimes not enough to merely disable it in a clean boot.

If not, that would be the next thing to try, along with disabling anything else that's still running in the Task Manager and isn't from Windows/Intel/Nvidia. But leave the EABackgroundService enabled since the EA App needs it in order to work.

I have the same exact issue it's happened for two whole days now and I can not get the game to load beyond the loading screen I have attached the errors I receive it's worth noting I have cleaned up files and repaired over 10 times now.

@simsgamer900 This lastcrash is from a modded game. Please remove all mods and custom content, as in, move the Mods folder to the desktop, and try again to play. Delete any lastcrash or lastexception files you have and if you get a new one with no mods or cc, feel free to upload it.

@IndigoAnjel No, you don't have to keep playing like this, but you do need to test the content from your old folder that you want to keep. Start with mods and custom content, if you have any, and you can use the 50/50 method if you have a lot of files to sort through:

Once you've done that, you can transfer the contents of saves and Tray (saved households and builds), UserSettings.ini if you care about event rewards, plus Screenshots and Recorded Videos if you care about those. The game will regenerate the rest as necessary.

With The Sims recently celebrating its 21st anniversary at the time of originally writing this tutorial, I have been in a nostalgic mood and re-discovering older Sims titles. And that has included going back to where it all started!

This guide should help you overcome common problems when installing the game and help you get The Sims 1 working as well as possible on newer computers running Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8 and even Windows 7.

This step is completely optional and we are not responsible for monitoring content on third-party websites or downloads. We will not be held responsible for corrupted or inoperable gameplay caused by the installation, use, or modification.

In the unlikely event you encounter any problems, you can delete the new Sims.exe file from your Sims installation directory, and rename Sims.old file back to Sims.exe if needed.

Congratulations! You should now be able to launch and play The Sims 1 on Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7 machines. All you have to do now is click on the shortcut on your desktop to get started!

You only need to follow this step if you are experiencing problems with The Sims game launcher, which traditionally opens automatically every time you insert a disc to help you get the game installed or launch it.

On some newer devices, this can cause a problem where nothing happens or you get an error message from windows saying something needs to close. If you are unable to get the launcher working, try the following steps.

this was happening for me when i first downloaded the game. it seems like anything i tried in this post just prevented the launch screen from showing up too. no errors. no nothing just silence whenever i try to start the game.

Recieving Fatal Error: could not find sims data directory message no matter what I try. I have gotten this exact file of the game to work before on windows 10. not sure what to do as the answers online are from 2003.

I am having major issues just installing the game. I have the original CD and when I try to run the setup.exe in compatibility mode on windows 11 it just does not open anything. I tried all of your instructions to no avail. Can you please help?

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