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lschram
13 years ago
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can't save graphics changes

I have  Windows 8 installed on my computer (long story short- to be able to use all 6gb of RAM on an old computer).  I also upgraded my CPU and my graphics card to a GeForce GTX 660 ti.  So far I hav...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I had the same problem and I found the method to fix it : Go into your Sims(original game) folder,  now go where .exe files are (Bin). You will see a TS3W.exe file, open his properties (of the file of course), and select "Run as an administrator" and "Windows XP SP3 compatibility" options and run the game.

     

    Enjoy ! 😕mileyhappy:

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago

Since this thread is quite old, I'll lock it here.

For anyone else reading, it's not necessary to run Sims 3 in compatibility mode, and doing so can cause more problems than it solves.  Running it as an admin can be useful though.

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