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5 years ago

Packs installed, but keep saying "restart to use" when I open Sims 4 to play

I finally bought Discover University and the Toddlers Stuff pack yesterday, and both have installed, but when I try to open the Sims, they both say "restart to use" when I hover over their icons, and...

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Dev5541

3 years ago

@hlysllrs hi did you manage to fix your problem?? I’m having this exact problem!

taniyjaa
3 years ago
the same thing is happening to me but with all my packs.. idk what to do i tried everything
- Bluebellflora
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  3 years ago
  @taniyjaa
  
  Did you run the Origin reset tool? https://help.ea.com/en/help/origin/origin/how-to-reset-origin-on-mac/

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