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11 years ago

TS3W.exe runs, but game doesn't start

I have tried everything I can think of & I'm hoping the experts here can see something I overlooked.

I can run the base game by itself without a problem, but as soon as I install World Adventures, the launcher updates the game to 1.67 and it won't run anymore.

Pressing the start button makes the launcher minimize to the tasktray.  Process explorer reveals that TS3W.EXE is running, and TS3.EXE runs for a few seconds and then disappears.  Nothing else happens and I eventually have to kill the TS3W.exe process manually.

Things I have already tried:

Skipping the launcher by running TS3W.exe and/or TS3.exe from the game directory

Running in compatibility mode for all flavors of XP and Vista.

Checking the box for "run as admin" even though my UAC is turned off and I'm an admin.

Turned off all startup items via msconfig.  Then tried turning off services.

Tried starting up in safe mode and running it there.

Tried installing into a non-default location.

Used CCleaner to clean up previous install attempts, manually deleted game folder.

I have no store items, no custom content or mods, and l am only trying to run the game with just the first expansion.

I have deleted the sims 3 folder in my Documents folder and let the game rebuild it.

I have updated my catalyst drivers to the latest release.

Tried setting affinity for TS3W.exe to just core 0 & 1.

Other relevant information:

I am installing the base game and expansion from retail DVD media

DEP is set at default (essential progs and services).

I am thinking there's something about my system that the newer patches don't support (I have a 3-panel eyefinity display) or something else is running that is causing a conflict (hence my attempts to disable stuff with msconfig).  I have many games installed (mostly Steam), but this is the only one that just refuses to run.  With 16 GB of RAM, a Sapphire HD 6950 video card and an i7-3930K CPU, I should have more than enough horsepower to meet minimum specs.

In a following post I will list the DXDIG report....

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