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laurarose1991
Rising Novice
1 year ago

Solution to sim city not launching

So, I think I cracked it and I have used a mixture of fixes from others (apologies I cannot remember their names)

Delete the EA shortcut off the desktop 

go to C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\

Apply compatibility for both EALauncher and EADesktop under the compatibility tab in properties to:

Run the program as an administrator 

For EALauncher compatibility mode to windows 8.

Right click EADesktop and send shortcut to desktop

Go to C:\Program Files\EA Games\SimCity\SimCity

Right click onto SimCity and go to properties and apply compatibility mode for windows 8 and run as administrator. 

Restart the PC and open EADesktop from the desktop and then launch the game - it did throw up the unable to launch but straight after it booted up perfectly, and now I can load and play without issues.

5 Replies

  • ojnojh's avatar
    ojnojh
    1 year ago
    @로라로즈1991 I have been struggling with execution issues for weeks, but now finally resolved. Thank you so much!
  • NacAttack73's avatar
    NacAttack73
    Seasoned Novice
    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, did not work for me.

    This fixed the admin permission warning, but I am still getting:

    Your game failed to launch

    An error on our end caused your launch to fail. Try again a little later.

  • MartyDC2's avatar
    MartyDC2
    New Novice
    27 days ago

    I did everything you suggested.  Program loads and shows my existing cities.  HOWEVER, when I click to open one of them, it looks like its opening but after about a minute of "trying" it gives up and goes back to the EA desktop window.  I do have a Network Addon Mod (NAM) in my plug in folder.  Do you think that could be causing my problem? 

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