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bombshellx
Seasoned Newcomer
7 hours ago

Sims 2 Legacy will not launch (for 2 days now)

I have been trying to launch the Sims 2 Legacy game for 2 days now having purchased on Friday, it's not Sunday evening and still nothing. When I first downloaded I had an error message saying som...
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marknkara
Seasoned Newcomer
6 hours ago

This worked for me yesterday morning and my wife has been playing nonstop since. 

Took me a while but here is what I did to work around this problem.  I’m running Windows 11 24H2 and Intel graphics.

I uninstalled all copies of the Visual C++ (I had 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015-2022).   I restarted and installed the x86 and x64 latest versions. Restarted again. 
I opened up the EA app and repaired the Sims 2 app. Closed it out and opened it again. It has run successfully since. I took a restore point just in case but my wife has been playing for hours now.  Good luck. 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

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Roski2482
Seasoned Newcomer
6 hours ago

Just tried the above and exact same issue, loads up the ea app and says "wont load error on our end" its becoming a joke

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    marknkara
    Seasoned Newcomer
    5 hours ago

    Yeah there seem to be several errors and several different workarounds, unfortunately. 

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