Sims 3 Suddenly Won't Launch Windows 11
I was able to play Sims 3 on my new Surface Laptop with the Snapdragon® X Elite (12 Core) processor. It is running windows 11. Suddenly when I try to launch it, it just pulls up the EA app again and ...
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Please run a couple of basic checks of your Windows system files:
- Hit Windows key-X
- Choose either “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator),” whichever option is offered
- Inside the window that appears, copy and paste “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” without quotes, and enter
- The system will start validating soon. If it throws an error, please list it here
- After it reaches 100%, hit Windows key-X again
- Again, choose “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator)”
- Inside the window, copy and paste “sfc /scannow” without quotes, and enter
- Post the message you receive here
Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the box to check for updates. If any install, restart again afterwards.
Please also uninstall the EA App itself with Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine), which is more thorough than the standard uninstall process. Restart your computer before reinstalling.
