nessatay2223 Yes, you can take either approach. The second one is less reliable, as noted, but also faster, so it's always worth trying if you have a lot of Store stuff.
I would also suggest making a backup copy of your Sims 3 folder, as it stands now, in case you need it later. If this happens again, you can simply restore the backup and move your current saves and other data to it rather than having to rebuild from scratch or jump through hoops to get something working again.
I have a folder with no saves or other content I've made, just with all my installed Store stuff, and when I need it, I copy it to the Electronic Arts folder, then move whatever else I'm using to that folder. My content doesn't even break that often—I usually do this kind of thing when I'm building for some community event and don't want to introduce custom content to my creation(s). But it's nice to have this backup in general because you never know what might go wrong and when.
