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Marshmallowycat
New Novice
4 months ago

Sims 3 won't launch, Service initialization failed (0x065d0274) error

I have bought SIms 3 on Steam a few days ago and i haven't been able to launch it once. I tried all the fixes I could find: renamed the Sims 3 folder, verified files, delted dlcs i didn't have in the...
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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 months ago

Marshmallowycat  This is the Alder Lake issue, but the Task Manager workaround should have helped.  Were you applying it to TS3W.exe, with the W?  Steam installs use this and Sims3LauncherW.exe, also with the W; TS3.exe and Sims3Launcher.exe are for EA App installs only.

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Marshmallowycat
New Novice
3 months ago

Yes i was, i checked that it was 1.67 patch so i did the TS3W.exe

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    Marshmallowycat
    New Novice
    3 months ago

    I also tried to open it in the EA app but im still getting the same error no matter what

     

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