The Sims Legacy Will Not Launch

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I have a Legion laptop with a NVIDIA RTX 5090 (Latest) graphics card. My friends are all able to play the "new" Sims 1 Legacy and don't have issues. I however cannot even launch it. I have downloaded it and installed it. When I click to play it pops up on my taskbar then disappears and takes me back to the EA Launcher to repeat the cycle. I have paid for your game and expected it to be playable seeing I meet the system requirements for the 25 year old game. Please fix this. Please.

babyrn1 · Answer

I am also experiencing this issue. I also attempted to use the repair function in case there was an issue during the initial download.&nbsp;

puzzlezaddict · Answer

Legacy-Creations babyrn1 &nbsp;Please try reinstalling your 2015 and newer VC++ runtimes. &nbsp;Open Windows Settings &gt; Apps, scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, and uninstall everything from 2015 and newer. Don't touch the older versions.
Download the x86 and x64 versions (not the ARM version) of the 2022 runtimes from Microsoft:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
Install the runtimes, restart your computer, and try to play.
If that doesn't help, please provide the information requested in the accepted solution of the master Sims 1 won't launch thread:
The Sims 1 Crashes on Launch | EA Forums - 11850467
Since this is a duplicate, I'll lock it here.

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