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angie_sara
5 years ago
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[CURRENT ISSUE] Game won't Open says "already Running"

My sims game wont even open or load since I updated the Nov 2020 patch.  I removed all Mods and CC in a back up folder - Mods folder is completely empty and updated my game.  I tired to open my g...
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cardiffgiant02
5 years ago

OMG I fixed it, lol. I went to my bitdefender and noticed I had a notification. I clicked on it and it said an application (Ts4.exe) tried to request to change protected files and was blocked, so I clicked on "view application" and toggled the switch for The Sims 4 to access folders to "ON", relaunched the game and it worked.

aye aye aye. what a day. 

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GamerChick96
5 years ago

Thank you that sorted it for me I have bit defender too 😅

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