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AccousticSwede
Seasoned Newcomer
6 months ago

This game requires administrative privileges

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I run as a user on Windows 11 pro 23H2, so need to give explicit permission to run as administrator. Running the EA app as administrator gives the same result. I also tried running the simcity.exe file as administrator, but the same error messages appear, so no difference. I tried uninstalling the EA app and reinstalling, same result. Also tried uninstalling the game and reinstalling the game, same result. 

The crazy thing is this game ran fine on this machine earlier and I haven't changed anything. Maybe there's been an update from Microsoft or EA that made it stop working?

The machine is a powerful modern PC with:

 128GB RAM, 12 core 24 threads Ryzen 9 5900X, Radeon RX 6900XT GPU

The machine specification has staid the same since it was working. No new components have been installed.

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  • NewSokrates's avatar
    NewSokrates
    Seasoned Newcomer
    8 days ago

    I have the same problem. Is there any solution meanwhile? Also here the game worked fine before on the same computer (win 11 pro).

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