How to reinstall Sims 3 when you can't find the registration code.
(I'm new here, I think this is where I put this. And this isn't for INSTALLING, it's for REINSTALLING.)
So I had a problem where I had lost my serial key, my disc, and my Sims 3 wouldn't load ever. After a whole YEAR of this, I found an extremely simple solution. I also have a Windows PC, I'm not sure if it would work with something else? This should work for all the broken Sims 3 problems!
Things I have, you might need-
Windows 7 PC (might work with 8)
A Sims 3 game that you have installed before, and is not pirated or whatever...
(It can't be bought on steam, it must be the disc or Origin I'm pretty sure)
So I had a problem where some of my mods broke the game. I had lost the disc and serial key so I wasn't able to reinstall it. THIS is how you do!
Make/sign in to your Origin account
Get your registration code by doing the following-
1. Go to start menu, the run.
2. type regedit, then enter.
3. On that window that appears, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
4. Expand SOFTWARE.
5. Expand Electronic Arts
6. Expand Sims
7. Expand The Sims 3
8. Select the ergc folder and on the right side you will see some file named (Default) with some long data, which is your serial key.
Copy your serial key
Go to your control panel, uninstall all of your Sims games.
Now on Origin, on the top left side of the screen, click it for a drop down list. Click Redeem product code
Enter your serial key. In regedit, you can also find the serial codes for your expansions. Just click on the names of them and do as the tutorial up there said.
IT SHOULD work. The Sims 3 game should be added to your Origin Game library. Make sure you haven't registered it anywhere else.
After making sure that all Sims 3 expansions etc have been uninstalled, and you have added them all to your origin games library, begin installing them. After there done installing, you can play Sims 3 again!
I'm sorry if this doesn't work. This worked for me and two of my friends, but just in case, you should back up your files or something
Thanks!
So I had a problem where I had lost my serial key, my disc, and my Sims 3 wouldn't load ever. After a whole YEAR of this, I found an extremely simple solution. I also have a Windows PC, I'm not sure if it would work with something else? This should work for all the broken Sims 3 problems!
Things I have, you might need-
Windows 7 PC (might work with 8)
A Sims 3 game that you have installed before, and is not pirated or whatever...
(It can't be bought on steam, it must be the disc or Origin I'm pretty sure)
So I had a problem where some of my mods broke the game. I had lost the disc and serial key so I wasn't able to reinstall it. THIS is how you do!
Make/sign in to your Origin account
Get your registration code by doing the following-
1. Go to start menu, the run.
2. type regedit, then enter.
3. On that window that appears, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
4. Expand SOFTWARE.
5. Expand Electronic Arts
6. Expand Sims
7. Expand The Sims 3
8. Select the ergc folder and on the right side you will see some file named (Default) with some long data, which is your serial key.
Copy your serial key
Go to your control panel, uninstall all of your Sims games.
Now on Origin, on the top left side of the screen, click it for a drop down list. Click Redeem product code
Enter your serial key. In regedit, you can also find the serial codes for your expansions. Just click on the names of them and do as the tutorial up there said.
IT SHOULD work. The Sims 3 game should be added to your Origin Game library. Make sure you haven't registered it anywhere else.
After making sure that all Sims 3 expansions etc have been uninstalled, and you have added them all to your origin games library, begin installing them. After there done installing, you can play Sims 3 again!
I'm sorry if this doesn't work. This worked for me and two of my friends, but just in case, you should back up your files or something
Thanks!
