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Berg1020
3 years ago
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HELP I moved my Sims 4 Mods folder to my desktop and now everything is gone.

I moved my Sims 4 Mods folder to my desktop and now everything is gone. I have looked at past threads and tried to find my back ups but they are all empty. There is also nothing in my icloud either. ...
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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    3 years ago
    @Berg1020

    Yes, that is exactly what happens when you move any saves or mods out of the Sims 4 folder, the game doesn't load them. It is the most basic troubleshooting step when users have issues running the game. Put the Mods folder back in the Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder only if the Mods are all compatible with the current patch level of the game.
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54322360983
10 months ago
@Bluebellflora i think i got it, but when i get my old files do i replace the new ones in the new sims 4 folder on the desktop
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Bluebellflora
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10 months ago

@54322360983 

Move your Sims 4 folder out onto your desktop, or rename it, and let the game generate a new one... You can find the folder in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. If your game then works ok the problem was in your user data... Now you have a nice, new, clean user data folder you can try adding your old data back into the game gradually, testing after each addition. For example, copy your saves from your old The Sims 4 folder into the new one. If your game once again doesn't perform properly then you know that there is a problem somewhere in your saves, one or more may be corrupted.

That is quoted directly from step 1 in the link. Why do you have a new Sims 4 folder on the desktop? Maybe reading through several times will help.

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    54322360983
    10 months ago

    i am referring to the one i moved previously to the desktop. I have moved all the files onto the “new clean” one but when i started up the game my mods still didn’t appear on the start up screen and didn’t work. 

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    10 months ago
    @54322360983

    Your files need to be in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. Nothing will load from the Desktop.

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