SimCity won't start

I can get into the game's start menu, but can't load a city or create a region nothing, can't play the game wtf I WANT A REFUND TWO DAYS IN A ROW NOW!

What worked for me is what someone else said to do in this thread. Thought i'd reiterate in a bump for people just checking the last page:

1. Go to the Origin Application.

2. Click the "origin" dropdown menu.

3. Click "Application Settings..."

4. Click the "In Game" tab at the top

5. Uncheck the box marked "Enable Origin In Game"

6. Save, and close the program.

7. Run Origin as Administrator.

8. Instead of running Simcity through the Origin Client, Run as Administrator from Desktop Shortcut.

Win!! Running as we speak.

EDIT:

This fixed the problem of not running after clicking play, but when I entered the game, it loaded the tutorial until the very end ("tightening graphics") and then said "cannot connect to servers at this time". I think however they're working to fix this issue right now. Will respond with progress ASAP.

RE-EDIT:

Well the tutorial finally loaded. I actually got to the very end, right up until I had to go to Lucky Shores (or whatever it's called). It started to load the Lucky Shores region, but halfway through I got the error message "Could not connect to server at this time". So at this point, I don't think it's necessarily anything with the program itself, rather than hugely problematic server issues, which EA themselves have acknowledged. If you have the same problem as the OP, this fix really should work. If you have trouble claiming cities or loading, it's on EA's side. My guess is that the loading/claminig issues will be fixed by the end of the day. Good luck everyone! Hope EA at least learns from this whole experience.

I think the problem is that crappy hardware bugs are getting conflated with crappy server side issues, and they're both so pervasive that it's impossible to tell what's influencing what

Thanks a ton for your suggestion though, I'll give it a shot. 

Same problem here. Game wont start from Origin.

Tried every "fix" in this thread, but still a no-go. Worked for me earlier today though.

The issue I'm having is that when the Sim City launch window pops up, I hit 'Play' and the game doesn't open, but it creates a process in task manager for SimCity.exe.

The only time it works is after I reboot my PC.

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@jcleary47 wrote:

The issue I'm having is that when the Sim City launch window pops up, I hit 'Play' and the game doesn't open, but it creates a process in task manager for SimCity.exe.

The only time it works is after I reboot my PC.

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same thing happened to me...i'm tellin you, go into options on your Origin Client (where it shows what games you own) and uncheck the In Game Origin box, close everything, and then run origin as administrator.

I can't even kill off Orgin.exe or Simcity.exe is the task manger.

Doesnt work so still no playing for me. also means i doubt there will be a solution in this weekend. Should havee waited atleast a few months untill EA works all these problems out.

Has anyone figured out a solution to this??

bump

really loved this solved.

I tried a method but failed. What i did is download the game launcher then use files of install of dvd to overwrite some of it. so i overwrite everything but EAwebkit.dll the launcher fires up i see a black splash screen and dissapears. If i overwrite the EAwebkitt.dll the launcher appears but it says i dont have the right cd code and need to put that one in origin.

i still dont understand why the launcher wont start if you use download but if you install through dvd it will launch but then i dont have the right cd key.