I Recently had to replace my internal hard drive because it had an issue it had my sims 4 mods etc on it i was able to get the data back and put it on my new hard drive and i reinstalled sims 4 but now im getting this error i haven't even played it yet can't open the game at all. ive done the usual stuff delete the cache repair the game make a new folder etc. i know its my mods and i've done the 50/50 method and i've updated the mods also because of the new game and update. i did use mod conflict program and its saying pretty much half of my mods are broken like the buy build objects well those dont get updated often and never had an issue with them before this. i have tried sims4studio batch fix and it is unable to fix some of the mods i have tried everything and i'm not deleting them all i mean that years worth of mods i've build up 44.5GB mods. is there a software or whatever that i can use to repair them without deleting them all.i'm at lost on what to do i have tried everything that is suggested to do.

@Sophieee09 No, there's no software you can use to fix your mods once they're broken like this. Data recovery can be unreliable, but even copying mods from one drive to another doesn't always work, unfortunately. I've seen mods and custom content be corrupted during the transfer even when both computers were entirely intact. If you still have access to the old drive and can manipulate files on it, you can try zipping the Mods folder before transferring it. But other than that, you're unfortunately going to need to redownload the mods and cc items that are broken.

@puzzlezaddict i'll try zipping the mods folder as it didnt delete the folder when i moved it from old hard drive the new one it just copied the mods over. hopefully that fixes the issue because i do not want to spend ages redownloading everything because its a lot i'll be there for days

@puzzlezaddict its mainly the build/buy and clothes and the hair mods that are most affected

@Sophieee09 Let me know how it goes.

@puzzlezaddict i compressed the folders that were the issue by using winrar and repair them through that so far i've done the clothes mods folder and the hair mods folder and they work fine now but currently struggling with the buy/build mods folder i've repairied it with winrar etc so i checked mod conflict to check it they were not coming up as broken but they are still showing as broken mod. i'll have to post a picture of the mod conflict im talking about

Sims error code [de4ee14:29f00e76:0000000:4b0d852b]

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@Sophieee09 What antivirus do you use?
Sophieee09
3 years ago
@puzzlezaddict i use this method on some other posts i searched and it didnt work i do use malwarebytes and windows defender
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@Sophieee09 If Controlled Folder Access is active, please set exceptions for TS4_x64.exe and EADesktop.exe.

https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/03/windows-10-defender-controlled-folder-access.html

If it's not active, then leave it alone.
Sophieee09
3 years ago
@puzzlezaddict no its not active
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@Sophieee09 Please create a new admin Windows account on your computer and try out your mods and cc there. Make it a local account, as in, don't sign into Microsoft. First, download a fresh copy of one mod and make sure it works. If it does, transfer a fresh copy of the zipped folder from your old hard drive and try a few of your mods or cc items from that.
Sophieee09
3 years ago
@puzzlezaddict i just tried doing that making a new windows account but that didnt work so i don't really think there is anything else to do to help fix it. so thanks for helping anyway
Sophieee09
3 years ago
@puzzlezaddict would entering the error code into search tab in the mods folder help find the problem?
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@Sophieee09 The problem is that a large number of your files are broken, or at least it seems that way. So even if you remove the one you see in an error, there will be a next one, and one after that. It's easier to remove everything and start adding back, testing along the way.

There's no getting around the fact that some of your files are broken, and the only question is how long it takes you to sort those out so you can go back to using the rest.
gallifreygaller
3 years ago
If you're able to actually play the game now, I would recommend getting the better exceptions mod. It helps identify the actual cause for crashes/exceptions and can spot out of date script mods, conflicts and broken CC. It's helped me out a bunch.

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