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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...

jpkarlsen
2 years ago
@kryptickore94
Please see this thread: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/CURRENT-ISSUE-Anti-Virus-blocking-User-Folder-Screenshots/td-p/9572695

lucyoreilly97

2 years ago

Hi, I had the exact same problem and after reading the replies below about Avast I thought I’d have a look at my Anti Virus software. I use AVG and sure enough found ts4 file in there. Restored it and game loaded up straight away 🙂

VixeyFox4

2 years ago

How did you find this? I cannot seem to find how to look at the files in AVG.

puzzlezaddict
Hero+
2 years ago
@VixeyFox4 Here's a helpful guide:

https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/10/add-exceptions-to-anti-virus-programs.html#avast
- CoffeeBand28427
  2 years ago
  Dang... So, I tried all of the suggestions so far and none of them worked... The Sims 4 has its own files, but they are all empty (except for the music for some reason) I'm so confused.