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Re: Sims 3 wont launch

@FaithStreams  Your dxdiag has the same error as that of players with 12th-gen Intel Core processors.  Even though you don't have one of those (yours is a Celeron), you can try the fix they use, which is limiting the game to one processor core while it loads.  Another player created a PowerShell script to do so:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-won-t-open-Alder-Lake-Intel-12th-gen-CPU/m-p/11144265#M249006

Or you can use Process Lasso to manually limit the game to one core, then close Process Lasso once your save has loaded.

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    FaithStreams
    4 years ago

    I ran the script with PowerShell then clicked Sims 3 to load the game, Origin still pops up and I received this error. Not sure what I did wrong, and I haven't tried the other option you listed. I attached what my PowerShell listed once I tried to run sims 3.

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    FaithStreams
    4 years ago

    NEVERMIND I HAD TO RESTART MY COMPUTER AND NOW IT WORKS!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!! HAVE A BLESSED DAY 🙂

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