Re: Sims 4 won't install

I could not find the Maxis folder under the WOW6432Node folder. I tried looking for it everywhere but I could not find it.

Ok i got the game to work now thanks for your help.

Francois, I'm not a regular registry editor.  When you list the two values beside the = is one the Name and one the Data?  And when you list those values with double-quotes, are you intending that we enter them in the registry strings or only the string value exclusive of the quotes (I've tried it with and without)?

I'm not getting the dialog box and error message that the OP is getting, but I do seem to be in a similar installation loop.  I hit install, it acts like it installs in essentially no time (half a second?) and then appears to be installed.  Except that when I mouse over the Sims 4 cover, it prompts me to install.

@clweeks 

The left is the name of the string, the right is the data you should enter, correct. The double quotes shouldn't be entered.

Essentially, you end up with something that looks like this:

Be exceedingly careful  when editing your registry.

I would advise first to try the following:

Make sure Origin is whitelisted by your antivirus and firewall.

Run Origin in admin mode and install the game.

If this doesn't help, try reinstalling Origin altogether.

how did you install the Sims 4? Because I am having the same problem.

so i attempted to do the registry editor and it wont load it. it said theres a error in the system...

Mine doesn't have the Maxis option?

We ended up getting it working by totally uninstalling Origin -- manually removing files and registry keys and then reinstalling.  It worked just fine then.