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Sandraelle
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

Launcher will not UNINSTALL any sims3pack files

I have not been able to uninstall anything through the Sims 3 Game Launcher for quite some time, ever since I re-installed my games onto a new computer last year.

Under the installed content tab in the launcher, I click on the item and after it's checkmarked, I click the "uninstall" button. The warning comes up, "Are you sure you want to uninstall the selected items?", I click yes. It looks like it's going to uninstall with the spinning circle, then the circle disappears after a few seconds and nothing has happened, the item is still there. Any ideas? Thank you!

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  • @Sandraelle  Try uninstalling while using Method by Mell, described here:

    https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

    Sometimes the launcher behaves better if it only has one .dbc or .ebc file to deal with at a time.  Please also keep in mind that for some Store content, individual items cannot be uninstalled separately, for example I found I couldn't remove the overalls that come bundled with Riverview, much to my disappointment.  Trying to do so should throw an error, but it's also possible the launcher would trip over itself and not acknowledge that the process didn't work.

    If this doesn't help, then the only fixes would be to delete the entire .dbc or .ebc file, and reinstall the content you want to keep; to edit the file with a tool like S3PE, if that even works (it's beyond my expertise); or if the items are CAS parts, to blacklist them with NRaas Dresser.

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    Sandraelle
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict wrote:

    @Sandraelle  Try uninstalling while using Method by Mell, described here:

    https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

    Sometimes the launcher behaves better if it only has one .dbc or .ebc file to deal with at a time.  Please also keep in mind that for some Store content, individual items cannot be uninstalled separately, for example I found I couldn't remove the overalls that come bundled with Riverview, much to my disappointment.  Trying to do so should throw an error, but it's also possible the launcher would trip over itself and not acknowledge that the process didn't work.

    If this doesn't help, then the only fixes would be to delete the entire .dbc or .ebc file, and reinstall the content you want to keep; to edit the file with a tool like S3PE, if that even works (it's beyond my expertise); or if the items are CAS parts, to blacklist them with NRaas Dresser.


    Thank you very much, I appreciate your prompt response. I was mainly trying to uninstall old versions of a world created by someone else (not a world from the store) and then discovered that I couldn't even uninstall lots that I had downloaded. I will look into the Method by Mell. Thanks again! 

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