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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...

crinrict
5 years ago
Please all try the suggestions given here:

https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2015/08/game-already-running/

Usually it's a permission thing.

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.