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puzzlezaddict
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3 months ago

[CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 Unable to Start, Initialization Error

Overview This error is almost always related to permissions: the game cannot access or create the Sims 4 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts.  This, in turn, is typically due to an overprote...
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MasonMarie1
2 years ago
@puzzlezaddict it didn't work could it be that ea app is in my c drive and the game is in my d drive cause ive tried everything
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2 years ago

@MasonMarie1  No, where your game is installed shouldn't matter.  What antivirus do you use, and did you specifically set an exception for TS4_DX9_x64.exe?  What about if you exempt the entire Bin folder?

If you've done all that and it didn't help, please try the other suggestions in the first post of this thread:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/PC/CURRENT-ISSUE-Sims-4-already-running/td-p/13276380

The error is different, but the causes largely overlap.

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