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Anonymous
12 years ago

Help !!! unable to start game. Service initialization failed (0x0175dcbb)

since i installed Pets , i can't play the game at all .." and i'm sure i did every thing right "  ...
when i open the game from the launcher i get :"there was an error during startup. please see the Log for more details"

i tried to open it without the launcher but i got this : " unable to start game. Service initialization failed (0x0175dcbb)."

so i did this steps :
1. Uninstall the Sims 3 and any expansions/stuff pack i have installed
2. Defrag the harddrive
3. Restart my PC
4. Reinstall the Sims 3
5. Apply the Manual 1.55 patch
6. Install any expansions and/or stuff packs i have/want
7. Re-apply the Manual 1.55 patch
8. Copy the files in (# Crack)  from the Ultimate Fix to your C:/programs/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Game/Bin and select "Copy and Replace" when prompted
9. Launch the game using the TS3W.exe file
and the error still there 

i have : "university life , ambitious , world adventure , supernatural , island paradise " ... but i tried to play the game before i install the expansions it didn't work either



about my system specs :

--(RAM) : 2.00 GB
--system type : 32-bit
--CPU speed   : 1.83 GHz

i'm getting desperate please i need to know whats wrong !

3 Replies

  • I would uninstall what you installed in #8. That's not really that legal.

    Did you clean out your registery before reinstalling the game ?

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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    The game was working great for a long time .. until that error .. and the expansion (pets) i was installing was working befor ...

    well i used (Your Uninstaller) program .. i thought it automaticly clean out the registery .. if not ,please tell me how to do it


    i noticed some thing .. when i run the "Regedit" i find 2 files named with sims one of them calls (sims) and it contains files "The sims 3 and other expansions " ,,,,
    and the other file calls (Sims 3 ) and it contains file "launcher"  , and every time i delete tha (sims 3 ) file it appears  back after a while ..

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