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Anonymous
12 years ago

How to install Sims 3 on Windows 8

I purchased The sims 3 starter pack. I put "The Sims 3 disk in and nothing happened. No autorun install popped up so I manually went into the cd drive and opened the sims 3 file and clicked on setup. Then the disk started spinning and the computer administrator popped up asking "Do you want to allow this program to make changes to your computer" I clicked yes. Then the Sims 3 install popped up. I clicked install then nothing happened. I did that several times and got the same outcome. What do I do now???

I even tried to click on the Autorun within that Sims 3 file and the same thing happened. The install popped up, I clicked install then nothing happened.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago
    Maybe you have a bad copy of the game (some vital parts aren't on the disk), I have windows 8 and it works fine for me. Is the disk scratched? Maybe your disk drive is faulty. Try to run another program (movie or game) through the disk drive and if it doesn't work then it's faulty. If it does work then it's your copy of the sims and I recommend taking it back and getting a new one.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    this is the exact thing happening to me... HELP! please :womansad:

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I thought i should report that i have resolved my issue. when it says to now make a Origins account... DO IT. you cannot install the game untill you do. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    open the disc, not autoplay, locate sims3setup.exe and right click and click run as administrator.

    its a security issue with win 8. permissions to install and stuff...

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Hi, i hope this helps you! i had the same problem. I had to go out to buy sims 3 since sims 2 didn't work on windows 8. I was soooo angry and frustrated when i found it wasn't working.

    I would click auto run, and it would come up and go away. then i would restart my cp and try again but the same thing happened every time!!

    This is what i did:

    1. go to my cp/my pc and right click sims 3.

    2. click on Open in new window

    3. it should/ might open in the sims disk thing

    4. scroll down and find "Sims3Setup"

    5. click it and see if it will work!

    I Hope this helped and i am sorry if it didn't, i know, how stupid cp can be.

    -Hannah

    Ps. I found this out myself, i know a lot about computers considering i got a HD in a Computer skills Test xD not to bluff :P

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago
    I kind of have the same problem.. I was able to get it installed, but when I'm starting it nothing happens. I hve tried soooo many times.. What to do?
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    Do you have bitDefender installed on your computer ? It has a known conflict.

    Also is this your frist time installation on this computer ?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    My game has ben on my computer before and one day it stopped working pls help

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    and when i try to reistall origin say there is no online login ahen my computer IS online

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    12 years ago

    Windows 8 users - Did you enable .net framework in windows features?

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