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Anonymous
9 years ago

How to open Sims 3 without desktop shortcut or start menu icon??

I know this may be dumb but I haven't played Sims 3 in a while so I deleted all the shortcuts off of my desktop. Now when I search the icon won't appear in my start menu. When I go to uninstall progr...
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crinrict
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8 years ago

Hi @SillySimmerLia

you can go to this folder programs(x86)\Origin_Games\thesims3 (path may vary depending on your installation) and find a folder called game in there. From there navigate to the folder bin

Inside the bin folder, there should be a file called ts3.exe. You can create a new shortcut of that file and or just double click on that to start.

As for your expansions on Origin. Did you ever register the rest of your expansion packs ?

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