sims 3 not launching windows 11
My Sims 3 isn't opening after I updated to Windows 11. I just updated to Windows 11 and every time I try to open Sims 3, it crashes to the desktop and the Origin launcher opens instead (like when you...
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I know it's been a while since I've responded to this thread. But I just tried to run the game again with your suggestion of playing offline. It did not work and I ran Dxdiag again to show you
@ohjosiek The Sims 3 crashes in your dxdiag reference a component of the VC++ 2005 runtime, the same errors you had when you first posted, but you said you already reinstalled the runtime. Did you ever try a clean user folder? As in, move the entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and let the game spawn a new folder. Even if you tried this before, please do so again now just to be thorough: it's best to troubleshoot with a clean folder in place just to keep things simple.
Please also make sure that no service (for example OneDrive) is syncing your Sims 3 folder. Specifically, after you move the folder, but before you try to launch the game, check in Documents\Electronic Arts to make sure that the Sims 3 folder and its contents haven't reappeared or been duplicated.
