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Sam_Measa
Seasoned Newcomer
30 days ago

Unable to Launch Sims 3 after update

Here's the thing, I did not have any issues last year getting Sims 3 to run. At least not before yesterday when I got the itch to play again and was prompted to update the game before I could play. Which is when I started getting this message.

After the normal Delete the mods and run the repair program. Un/Reinstall Sims 3 several time, checking Reddit and a few other sites for help, Un/Reinstalling the EA App. I am at a lost for why I keep getting the same message when I try to launch the game.
Log is in the attachments for any one who knows how to read it.

 

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    Sam_Measa
    Seasoned Newcomer
    29 days ago

    So I did as the page recommended, Twice. Uninstalling first the Sims 3, then the EA Launcher. Reinstalling both with a new download of the launcher from EA's main page... 

    As for my security software its McAfee.

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    Sam_Measa
    Seasoned Newcomer
    28 days ago

    Never mind, I seem to have found the problem after disconnecting a USB... At this point my head is ready to explode. All I know is I was going to try disconnecting two external hard drives I have for media and found a USB I forgot was there. 

  • Sam_Measa  That is very strange.  What exactly was the device: storage or something else?  If storage, what was on it?  I've seen a couple examples lately of this same error where a clean uninstall didn't help (although it mostly does), so anything you can tell me about the issue on your end could be helpful for others with the same problem.

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    Sam_Measa
    Seasoned Newcomer
    23 days ago

    It was a SanDisk cruzer blade USB 2.0 with a 32GB memory. On it was copy of Windows 10 2022 update 22H2 (I didn't want to be running Win11). Also included where installers for Steam, Origins, Blizzard, Bethesda, VLC, Firefox, Discord  and McAffy security.

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