Sims 3 won't launch on new laptop!
Hello. I recently got a brand new laptop for school. I installed sims 3 and the launcher opens and it gives me the option to open the game. I click play and the game and origin automatically open and...
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@puzzlezaddict The EA desktop app didn’t open for me at all so I deleted it earlier so I’ve been trying to open the game with origin. I changed the names in the order you told me to and completely shut down origin and the game still doesn’t launch. The launcher doesn’t appear nor does anything from the game pop up the entire game just doesn’t load at all.
@Kambuchas That's fine, that just means that the issue is with the game itself and not with the handoff from the launcher. You can undo the name changes, in reverse order, and you'll be back to where you started.
Please try playing in a new admin user account. Make it a local account, as in, don't sign into Microsoft; the account name should contain only letters and numbers, no special characters or accents. Don't transfer over any content from your current user account or your old computer either.
If that doesn't help, please uninstall and reinstall VC++ 2005 x86, which Sims 3 uses. Hit Windows key-i, select Apps, scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, click on the 2005 version, and uninstall. (Don't touch the files from any other year.) Download a new copy from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26347
Restart after installing and before trying to play.
- @puzzlezaddict I undid all of the names and made a new user profile. No Microsoft no nothing and it did the exact same thing with the launcher opening but no game. I also deleted and redownloaded the 2005 Redistributables with the same results! This is my favorite sims game I hope it isn't lost! ☹️
@Kambuchas Do you have .net framework 3.5 enabled in turn Windows features on or off? This is included with Windows 10 but has to be enabled.
- @roberta591 Yes! I’ve also turned it on and off to see if it would help anything.
