Sims 3 won't open & goes back to EA Launcher
Hello, I just bought a new PC this year and I attempted to run the Sims 3 through EA. When I click the play Sims 3 button on the bottom left side in the EA Launcher it takes me to the Sims 3 launche...
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lajla12 Please list the location of the Documents directory, as designated by Windows. Search in Windows for Command Prompt, open it, and enter this command, starting with reg query:
reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Personal"
Please post the result here. You can write [username] instead of your actual username if you like, but leave th rest intact.
Please also let me know whether it helps to play with your computer completely offline. You can sign into the EA App and put it in offline mode, then disable wifi and/or disconnect the ethernet cable before pressing Play.
If you still get the error, I'd like to know what antivirus you use as well.
Here is the location. I use to have Norton 360 but it expired a couple months ago as it came with the PC for a certain amount of months as a freebee for purchasing the PC. Currently I have no antivirus protection on the PC. I just went offline on EA and turned my wifi off completely (I do not have an ethernet cable) and I hit the play button on the EA app offline and then I hit play with within the Sims 3 launcher and it sends me right back to the screen on EA where it says "You're in offline mode". When I click on the Sims 4 it has no issues.
