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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
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...
crashing
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launching
bl33d3rbaby's avatar
bl33d3rbaby
2 years ago

I took a deeper dive this morning, it looks like those files were from 2014-2015 and were not currently involved in my issue. I have Origin. I figured out why I was getting the error though, my firewall was blocking TS4 from accessing the files it needed to run without notifying me of doing so. Once I allowed the game to access where it needed to go, it worked again. 

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SamanthaLJones1
12 months ago

What did you do to get to this screen? Please tell me step by step. I’m lost. 

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