@pinkdipi I think what you're looking for is under Properties > Security > Advanced. You'll see a button to Change Permissions. On my computer, in the regular Security menu, TS3.exe shows check marks for Read & execute and Read; everything else is blank. Under Advanced, SYSTEM and Administrators have Full control; Users, All Application Packages, and All Restricted Application Packages have Read & execute. All permissions are listed as inherited from Program Files, which is typical for someone who hasn't edited these permissions.
If you really can't figure this out, uninstalling the game, and maybe deleting the folder it's in (that would be EA Games, inside Program Files, for me), should remove all the set permissions; the folders should get new default permissions when you reinstall. But I would temporarily disable 360 Total Security when reinstalling just to be thorough. As long as you don't do anything else at the same time, your computer should be safe, and you can reenable it when you're done.
What I meant by repairing is the Repair option in your EA App game library under Sims 3 > Manage. But you don't need to do this if you're going to reinstall. And a repair might not work if permissions are completely broken.
The Smooth Patch is fine and unlikely to cause issues, but if you reinstall, please test the game without it first. I've seen a few comments about an antivirus blocking it by default, and it would also be helpful to know whether Sims 3 works in its default state.
Hello!
Yeah, changing the security setting doesn't do anything. I even uninstalled 360 Total security, but Windows still asks, if the application is allowed to do changes. I wnent into Windows Security settings and added the whole Game > Bin to be added to non-threat. Now I'm starting to think that there's something else wrong, because the game just won't starting and jumps from Launcher to EA app and back. In Task manager, the game process doesn't even start. I also tried repairing the game trough EA application. It took 1,5 hours, but nothing changed. I'm getting so tired of this bugged game overall ;_;
For now I'm too tired of trying to improve the game and make it more playable and now fixing this - although I caused it myself - I'm going to take a break from playing Sims 3. I installed Sims 4 to give it a try again, but already I find myself not enjoying it at all. I'll try downloading the Vivaland Dream house demo for now to be able to create.
Thank you very much for being there for me! <3
Have a wonderful autumn! ^^/
@pinkdipi If and when you're ready to try again, please uninstall Sims 3 and the EA App with Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine). This guide was written for Sims 4, but the options are the same:
Reinstall the game into a new folder that you create for just this purpose, on the root level of the drive of your choice, as described.
Hi!
You won't believe what happened. At least I don't.
Yesterday I just got an itch to try the game again for no particular reason. And then Windows asks me to troubleshoot. I thought "Like THAT has EVER helped", but pressed OK. It asked me something along the lines of "Do you want to run the application with Windows 8 compatibility?" I pressed OK - and voila! The game is now running. Just like that, after a whole day not touching the game, nor doing anything. Windows just randomly asked me out of the blue. I know for sure that I didn't touch THOSE setting.
This shall remain a mistery I suppose, but thank you very much again for being so willing to help me out and find a solution! ^_^
By the way I have installed Steam to be able to play Vivaland, but it won't run giving me an PLAYFAB_LOGIN_ERROR. What ever that means. I read that I need to wait, so I waited until next day. Next day same thing. Games hate me, LOL. So I can't report whether the game is a good competitor to Sims 3 - in building aspect at least. Thought maybe you'd be interested.
All the best wishes to you, firendly stranger! ^^/
@pinkdipi That is a very strange outcome, especially considering that applying a compatibility mode to Sims 3 generally doesn't accomplish anything at all. But it's almost always better to have a fix without an explanation than the other way around.
Good luck with the Steam issue. If I knew anything about that error, I'd try to help, but I don't think I've even heard of it before.
