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hello0Wynter
10 years ago

Windows 7 players who can't get Sims 1 to play again...solution!

copy/paste from my answer to this question, so i thought i'd make a thread. yesterday on a whim, i wanted to play sims 1 again. it'd been a few months. well, i could not get it to run at ALL. not ...
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simsample
8 years ago
@Carrigon
You can prevent your Sims 1 game and tools from storing items in the Virtual Store folder by installing to a non-UAC location. By this, I mean not in the Wondows or Program Files or Program Files folders. I created a Games folder and installed Sims 1 to C:\Games\Maxis. No need to run as admin then, as there is no UAC in play.

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