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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Sims 3 Supernatural can't install

Not sure if this is the right place, but I recently purchased the Supernatural game disc and tried installing it a few days ago. I cannot get it to install correctly.

When I first tried installing, I cancelled out about 5 seconds in so that I could stop and install another expansion first. Then when I came back to Supernatural, it asks to uninstall, but if I click yes it must not uninstall completely because I never get the option to re-install. I have moved all my mods to a temporary file for the time being.

Any help is appreciated.

  • There's proabably some left over registry entries from that failed attempt on your computer (if you're on a PC that is).

    Here's instructions to manually uninstalling World Adventures : https://help.ea.com/article/manually-uninstalling-the-sims-3-world-adventures

    The supernatural pack should work accordingly (couldn't find instructions for that pack). You only need to remove the keys for supernatural, if you're unable to find them, let me know and I'll check my computer.

    Makes sure to backup the registry before fiddling with it. Also backup all your user files.

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  • There's proabably some left over registry entries from that failed attempt on your computer (if you're on a PC that is).

    Here's instructions to manually uninstalling World Adventures : https://help.ea.com/article/manually-uninstalling-the-sims-3-world-adventures

    The supernatural pack should work accordingly (couldn't find instructions for that pack). You only need to remove the keys for supernatural, if you're unable to find them, let me know and I'll check my computer.

    Makes sure to backup the registry before fiddling with it. Also backup all your user files.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    Thanks I will try as soon as I get home from work.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    UPDATE!!

    I was able to follow the directions pretty easily, and Supernatural  is now installed and working properly!

    Just for reference, the registry key for Supernatural is B37DAFAS-717D-41F8-BDFB-3A4B68C0B3A1

    Also I was not able to find the InstallSheild Information folder to delete the uninstall files, even after I had gone to Organize > Folder and Seach Options > View > Show hidden files folders and drives (which was different from the instruftions given). But either way, I was able to install it. 

    I reinstated my Sims 3 files and ran it, and it seems to work ok. Now I just need to find updates for my mods. Thanks for the assistance!

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    Thank you for letting us know it's working.

    Always glad if a problem is solved and people give feedback (XP given for that)