sims 3 and expansion packs wont play from the menu

@andie77  Are you saying that when you press Play in the EA App, nothing happens?  If so, please manually install DirectX 9, as described here:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-launcher-won-t-open/m-p/10711778#M247861

If the Sims 3 launcher opens, but pressing Play there kicks you back to the EA App, please see the accepted solution of this thread:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-won-t-open-Alder-Lake-Intel-12th-gen-CPU/td-p/11057820

If neither helps, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/