Origin won't launch Sims 3
I cannot launch TS3 on origin. All that happens is that I click on the button, origin minimizes and then re-appears after a few seconds and nothing happens. Sometimes it says I am "Playing" the game ...
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I bought the Sims 3 back in 2016 and have played it perfectly fine without any issue up until about September of this year. I bought a new laptop in February, and it has a lot better specs than the one I was previously using. The problem is that now, for whatever reason, I can't get the Sims 3 to load at all. I click on the desktop icon to open the launcher, I've tried running it through Origin, I've tried doing the file launcher TS3 Launcher workaround, I've tried running as an admin and even tried changing compatibility because someone said that might work. No matter what, the launcher doesn't even pop up for a second. It doesn't appear in task manager, it doesn't give an error message of any kind, my laptop just processes it for a second (excuse my stupidity but it does the little circle load symbol) and then nothing. Over and over and over no matter what I've tried. When I try to load it through Origin, Origin minimizes for a second like it's trying to load but then pops back up and nothing happens.
Fixes I've tried my best at doing already:
* Compatibility mode
* Rolling back my drivers (because I did update them since
* Adding my graphics card to the graphicscard file
* Repairing Sims 3
* Factory Resetting Sims 3 (But this is an issue because I've uninstalled and reinstalled it and don't have a Documents>Electronic Arts>Sims 3 folder anymore
* I tried doing that app that completely cleans your PC of all Sims 3 related files
* I even completely factory reset my laptop hoping that would work
Basically I've tried every single thing I could find on any forum and none of it has worked.
My laptop is a Dell G3 3579 with
-Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.21 GHz
-7.86 usable RAM
-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 ti (Driver version 431.23)
-The game is located at DATA>ORIGIN>SIMS 3 because there was more storage for it there.
I don't have any packs installed because I've uninstalled the game over and over hoping it would work and didn't want to wait for any of them to install and not work.
