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Anonymous
10 years ago
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Why won't Sims 3 work on Windows 10

I have re-downloaded Sims 3 onto my new laptop today, I used to play it on Windows 7 and It worked fine but for some reason it won't run correctly. It brings up the game launcher but once I press play nothing happens. The Sims 3 icon shows up on the task bar but the game never loads. Is there anyway to fix this or is the game just not compatible with Windows 10?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    @bluebelle2223 hi there

    Please take a look and try these suggestions here as well as trying to run Sims 3 as administrator: 
    Right-click on the Sims 3 icon on your desktop and choose run as administrator

    Let me know how it goes!

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    @bluebelle2223 hi there

    Please take a look and try these suggestions here as well as trying to run Sims 3 as administrator: 
    Right-click on the Sims 3 icon on your desktop and choose run as administrator

    Let me know how it goes!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I have tried this and it seems to have worked. Thank You for your help.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Which was it that worked for you? I am having the same issue and nothing has worked for me so far.

  • joecat380's avatar
    joecat380
    9 years ago

    Thanks for this - I was having the same problem and this resolved it

  • soleida's avatar
    soleida
    9 years ago

    Try to change the compatibility settings for the game. Sims is  a old game that might have trouble on a windows 10 computer. Right click the sims startbutton and go for Properties. There should be a tab with compatibility. Good luck.

  • AngeliqueCelest's avatar
    AngeliqueCelest
    8 years ago

    I went into my documents folder, under my sims game and deleted the saved games folder. Then I went under the MODs folder and deleted my Resource.cfg file. If you do a lot of custom content downloads like I do, I find this method very helpful.  

    After these couple of quick steps, my game fired up and loaded with no problem. I saved the first game, then went in and installed my custom content.. 

    Hope it helps. 

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