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gpasztor2010
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2 years ago
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my sims pack stucked on preparing

I bought 4 stuff packs for The Sims 4. The first one dowloaded perfectly but the second one (perfect patio stuff pack) has been stucked on preparing for 2 days. the other 2 pack are queued and i can't open my game while the packs are downloading and i cannot cancel the download. I tried cleaning my cache, i updated my pc but it's still not working. Can someone help me please?

  • Hi there @gpasztor2010 

    Please try the following steps to get this cleared up:

    • Open task manager, locate EA Background Service, and end task
    • Clear the cache for the EA app
    • Run the EA app as an administrator 
    • Check for any background applications blocking the EA App
    • Try lowering your User Access Control Settings:
      • Close the EA app
      • Click the Windows button and type "UAC" in the search field
      • In the User Access Control window, click and hold the slide bar —slide it to the lowest setting available
      • Click Okay the bottom of the window
      • Open the EA app client and try starting the download again

    Let me know how this works for you! 

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  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hi there @gpasztor2010 

    Please try the following steps to get this cleared up:

    • Open task manager, locate EA Background Service, and end task
    • Clear the cache for the EA app
    • Run the EA app as an administrator 
    • Check for any background applications blocking the EA App
    • Try lowering your User Access Control Settings:
      • Close the EA app
      • Click the Windows button and type "UAC" in the search field
      • In the User Access Control window, click and hold the slide bar —slide it to the lowest setting available
      • Click Okay the bottom of the window
      • Open the EA app client and try starting the download again

    Let me know how this works for you! 

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    @gpasztor2010 

    Super glad to hear that, thanks for keeping me udpated 🙂

    If you run across any other issues, don't hesitate to reach out again! 

  • dkeith2018's avatar
    dkeith2018
    2 years ago

    Hello, I did this with mine and it did not work. My add ons are not downloading.

  • I was able to get it to work by uninstalling everything including the EA App and then reinstalling.

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