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From puzzleaddict on EA Answers HQ (https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/The-Sims-3-won-t-launch-Windows-11/td-p/11333296 - last post in thread):
Hopefully the answers are in there somewhere for you.
If the Sims 3 launcher won't open at all, please manually install DirectX 9, as described here:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-launcher-won-t-open/m-p/10711778#M247861
If the launcher opens but the game does not, and your computer has a 12th- or 13th-gen Intel processor, please try one of the suggestions here:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-won-t-open-Alder-Lake-Intel-12th-gen-CPU/m-p/11...
Hopefully the answers are in there somewhere for you.
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