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Spycoo16
Rising Traveler
9 months ago
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Game launcher small

Why does my sims 3 launcher have the font so big and the window so small, I cant make it look bigger either.  The game still works I just dont get why it looks like this, it makes it hard to scroll ...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    9 months ago

    Spycoo16  This is about opening the launcher, right?  If so, go find the original Sims3LauncherW.exe in the game's installed files and double-click that.  If you get the result you want, trash the desktop shortcut and create a new one: right-click Sims3LauncherW.exe and select Send to > Desktop (shortcut).

    The .exe will be in [install location]\The Sims 3\Game\Bin, and the install location is probably something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts.

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
9 months ago

Spycoo16  Do you have a Sims3Launcher entry in [install location]\The Sims 3\Game\Bin?  If so, please try that one instead.

The third entry is supposed to start the game directly.  Whenever you don't need to use the launcher, I'd suggest using that to launch the game instead, just to save however much time it takes for the launcher to load.  You can make a shortcut for it as well.

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Spycoo16
Rising Traveler
9 months ago

puzzlezaddictIt worked 😁! I have a question. Whats the difference between the Sims3LauncherW and Sims3Launcher? 

I clicked the Sims3Launcher one and it opened a normal sized launcher up but the launcher homepage looks like this: 

I dont mind if it looks like this but my question is that is this okay with the EP disks? I read that the EPs must be played in order, so the latest EP uploaded to your computer is the launcher you should load.  I use my Late Night disc so I thought I had to use my Late Night launcher to prevent glitching. Should I just replace my desktop shortcuts with the only launcher that is sized normal ? I have sims3, world adventures, ambitions, and late night shortcuts on my desktop but I  think if the Sims3Launcher opens the normal looking launcher, I should just have only that on my desktop, right? 

Thanks again!!

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