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beemeat
2 years ago
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Cannot launch Sims4, System cannot find file specified

Last night I was playing sims, just as normal and today when I went to launch the game, I was met with "Error, The system cannot find the file specified". A few days ago, I installed a few mods but t...
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nerdychic99
2 years ago

Try reinstalling your Avast. If it happens again look under Avasts Quarantine program and see if Sims4 files are in there. Restore if they are and try running game again

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fireflies0010
2 years ago

It was Avast for me. I did not need to uninstall anything.

Just start Avast and go to the 'quarantine" section where you ll see your EA folder being held hostage. Just restore and make exception and Sims will run after

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