Game Crashing after 5 minutes of gameplay (real time) - screen frozen, clock stopped, sims frozen...

I'm sorry, but yes. This is reluctance. Sorry to poke fun at what seems like a stressful time, but you have been not wanting to do this since last night and I recognize this behavior. It's the same that a young person uses when they don't want to go to bed, clean their room, or in my case, when I don't want to go to the dentist.

Take the folder out of documents (or rename it) already. There's no need to prep anything.