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Hero+

3 years ago

[CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 Unable to Start, Game Data Missing or Damaged

Overview jump to: Workarounds Unable to start: Cannot start because game data is missing or damaged. If you have Mods installed please remove them and try again. If not, please repair or reinst...

Hero+

6 months ago

amrak_M Did you try playing in a new, local admin Windows account? If not, please try that now.

If that doesn't or didn't help, please do a clean uninstall and reinstall of Sims 4, as described in the accepted solution of this thread (about a different issue, but the technique is the same):

[CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 DLC shows as installed, won't load in-game | EA Forums - 11831673