I uninstalled it from the programs directory under the control panel, and it uninstalled successfully with the exception of that one file. I cannot delete it, manually or otherwise, as it keeps telling me an administrator is the only one that can access them (which I am). I cannot move it, I cannot edit permissions on it.
There's a program called unlocker (just google).
That should unlock the file so you can delete it.
Man, even unlocker couldn't deal with it initially; had to remove the folder upon reboot. Worked though, thanks much! Gonna see if I can get the installer to work properly this time.
Same thing happened upon reinstalling the game. It installs correctly, then I go to update. The update downloads completely. 90% through installation, while on the previously mentioned file, I get this message:
The following error occured on the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TSLHost.dll
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
(0xb7)
I ignore it, as retrying is unsuccessful, and aborting and restarting the update results in the same thing. Upon completion, the launcher crashes and stops working every time I start it up. Same issue.
You haven't answered my question about your game version yet:
Did you buy the disc version or did you buy the digital download version on Origin ?
Sorry, thought the file path would indicate that. Downloaded via origin.
