Re: Sims 3 Not Launching
Hello everyone, I have the same problem as everyone else here, the game won't start. I tried everything, installed DirectX9, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, gave the game and EA app administrat...
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@kakashio91 Try manually uninstalling and reinstalling VC++ 2005 x86, another runtime Sims 3 uses. Hit Windows key-i, select Apps, scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, click on the 2005 version (it won't say x86, but that's what it is), and uninstall it. You can get a fresh copy here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26347
You only need the x86 version, not the other two. Restart your computer after installing and before trying to play.
If that doesn't help, I would suspect a system issue, and rather than go through a few intermediate steps, it's fastest to just do ar repair install of Windows. Here's how:
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/repair-install-windows-11-with-an-in-place-upgrade.418/
This shouldn't delete any of your data, but if you get to step 14 and are NOT asked to keep personal files and apps, back out and start over.
After the repair install, if you still can't play, reinstall all three runtimes again: DirectX 9, .NET Framework 3.5, and VC++ 2005, then restart again. If that doesn't help either, please post a new dxdiag.
@puzzlezaddict I tried to reinstall Visual C++ but it doesn't work too :/
I have my new notebook from 1 week, i will try to repair windows as you say. Thanks
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