Re: Sims 3 Not Installing - C++ Error

I Uninstalled all the previous C++ and Downloaded and Install the New Batch - Every x64 one and now doing the x86 one now. I check my computer health by the restore health thing and the sfc - Both said the computer is good. And Then Checked for Updates. My PC is up to date - OS - (Windows 11 Pro)

MY EA APP WORKS MAN! THANK YOU HONESTLY EA SHOULD HIRE YOU, You are actually Informative unlike half there employees. if they had someone like you EA could make better progress for there support team! you are the legend man! RESPECT! 

Also i gave you XP i have no clue what it does? xD i think it means im giving you xp to level up your rank i hope so! :D

The EA APP works now its just the sims still has the same problem and i just redownloaded it

I think i found the problem for the SIms 3 just don't know how to fix. So when i get the C++ 2005 from the microsoft website that one installs perfectly fine, but the one from the Sims 3 Folder Itself. It comes up with this error

@QuantumLightGiza  I apologize for the late reply; I've seen multiple examples of this issue and thought I'd replied to you already when I had only covered the other threads.  Please try reinstalling DirectX 9 and .NET Framework 3.5, as described here:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Re-Sims-3-crashing-before-opening-at-all/m-p/13075533#M261760

Try reinstalling VC++ 2005 again as well, except this time, run the installer as an admin: right-click the installer and select "Run as administrator."

If that doesn't help, try (temporarily) disabling your antivirus, just while you're trying to install Sims 3.

Thanks Puzzle, i got sims 3 installed now, the only problem is when its on the loading screen to the main menu. The bar doesn't progress. I tried changing the files to match my gpu, allocated more ram usage and deleted cache and more. But no luck. Do you know any fix for this man. Thank you so much for helping me.

@QuantumLightGiza  Please undo the change that's supposed to allow more RAM use.  This is bad info that's been floating around for at least a decade and won't do anything about the game's memory use, which is capped just below 4 GB; this is a mathematical limit that cannot be overcome.  The edit suggested is actually to the game's script heap, and it's 20 GB, not 2; you can count the zeroes.  At best, editing this value will do nothing; at worst, it may cause more instability.

For the issue itself, have you added any mods or custom content?  If so, please move the entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop.  The game will spawn a new folder when you open the launcher again.

If that doesn't help, please create a new admin Windows account.  Make it local, as in, don't sign into your Microsoft account.  You'll be able to launch Sims 3 without reinstalling anything.  Let me know whether it works, and if not, what antivirus you use.