43+ GB of CC not reading in Mods folder anymore

Question

I have been a long-time simmer and I took a break from playing back in November 2024 to now. I updated the game with the recent update and went in, re-enabled Mods & CC, but the game is no longer recognizing my CC files (the resource.cfg file is also there). The pathway is correct and has not changed. I have done everything I can think of to try to fix this, but I am at a complete loss here :(

I have:

Repaired the game
Clean uninstalled and reinstalled the game
removed the localthumbcache file
made sure my game and folders were not connected to OneDrive
Checked my antivirus to see if anything were interfering
Downloaded NEW recently made CC and added that to the folder (removed all of my other CC from the folder as well when testing this)
Downloaded a mod manager to check for broken/outdated CC. I also used the mod manager to make sure the CC was activated
Removed Mods folder and allowing the game to make a new one

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am really upset about this; I have been playing since the game came out and have spent a long time amassing this CC :(

Thank you in advance!

luthienrising · Answer

The game can't process that many mods at startup (and with that many, you almost certainly have issues with duplicates, at a minimum). Definitely leave "show at startup" unchecked once you get this working again.
Make a fresh user folder and test with just a single newly downloaded piece of CC: &nbsp;https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/resetting-the-game-to-factory-settings-without-reinstalling/
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xnannyboox · Answer

I just tried your suggestion; it unfortunately still did not work 😔 I have included screenshots of the Mods screen and the new folders and tester CC (just downloaded for testing purposes, it was published today on TSR so it is nice and fresh! 😊)

I have had this file going for years, I just am so lost on why all of the sudden this would happen 😭

I would like to note though, my game will read script mod files. I had tested it with MCCC and it populated on the Mods list (not shown here because it wasn't done in this test), but CC still did not show.