Cannot launch Sims4, System cannot find file specified

I am having the same problem. Was building in the game last night and tried to log in today and got the same error message "System cannot find file specified". I  uninstalled all my mods awhile ago, long before this issue popped  up. I tried to run a repair, but the repair just kept starting over when it finished so I cancelled it and restarted my computer to see if that helped. Still getting the error message and no option to try and repair again.

@beemeat and @berylspring  Have you installed Sims 4 through the EA App, Steam, or Epic?  Does it help to uninstall and reinstall the EA App?  Please do so with Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine), and restart your computer before reinstalling.

@puzzlezaddict Tried this and unfortunately didn't work for me ☹️ Mine is installed through Steam.

I seem to be having the same issue. I have uninstalled and then reinstalled my game, which then the game loaded but would not recognised my previously saved game. I then tried renaming the save files in folder as followed on another post, but that did not work. 

I've chosen to restart my game from scratch and which seemed to have fixed the problem I've managed to play the game twice, logged back on tonight to find the same error is popping up again.

I wonder if it is a bug from the latest update. Just hope someone has the answer to this very annoying problem. 

Started having this issue yesterday, ended up having to reinstall sims on EA app and that was the only thing that worked, repairing got constantly stuck on 60% and wouldnt go thru. 

I moved my tray,saves and mods out before deleting and reinstalling so luckily didnt loose progress 🫠

Today when I tried playing again its the same issue… I really dont feel like reinstalling my game everyday lol

I have the same problem. Yesterday was everything good and now I get this error. I don't have any mods or cc and my game is completely original. I don't get it... maybe it's from the new update but I want my game be playable again. 

Update:  The repair option came back and finally ran all the way through. I'm back in my game. Just in case it works for someone else.

I am having the exact same issue as the people above.

Had the specified file cannot be found two days ago, spent the whole day tring to find solutions, nothing worked but uninstalling my game and EA app and reinstalling everything.

I lost my saved files.

Started again, thought I was clear, but now problem again. What in the world is going on? I'm not going to spend 2+ hours everyday uninstalling and reinstalling all my content, losing all my saves until then just to play to a game I have spent several hundreds dollars on!

EA are pros at taking our money for every little bit of content, the least they could do is spend some of that money to fix their terrible app and buggy games!

I'm really mad right now.

@nim_chimpski @lfnagy @bbysharkie @Lucie995a @arteartemisss  and anyone else who comes across this, what antivirus do you use, and does it help to (temporarily) disable it?  As long as you don't do anything else at the same time, your computer should be safe, and this is the fastest way to test.  You may need to repair the game before launching it, and I would suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the EA App as well with the antivirus disabled.

For anyone who hasn't mentioned it already, please also note whether you're playing through the EA App, Steam, or Epic.