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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...
crashing
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chariharris2's avatar
chariharris2
2 years ago

I think I have figured out my issue. previously my game was reading from an external drive D, but I tried switching from an old external drive to a new one and its still trying to read the old external drive. any ideas on how I can fix it to read the new drive E?

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puzzlezaddict
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2 years ago

@chariharris2  Do you mean the game is installed on D, or your user folder is supposed to be on D?  Either one is fixable, but the approaches are completely different.

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