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PipandBee's avatar
3 years ago

EA App Says to Download, but Don't Have Room, but Showing Installed in Documents

I couldn't find a similar issue. I've been away from the Sims 4 for about a month, but before that I switched over to the EA App and was able to play without issue. I opened the app today and after it updated, it is now saying the Sims 4 and all of my packs are not downloaded and they all need to be re-downloaded/installed, but it's showing as installed on my C Drive/Documents. But the kicker is it says I don't have enough disk space to re-download.. do I just need to move my saves to my desktop, delete the current Sims 4 files and re-download? I'm just nervous to uninstall without some reassurance since I don't want to lose all my saves. Thanks!

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  • @PipandBee  The folder in Documents > Electronic Arts contains the user data for Sims 4: saves, saved households and builds, mods and custom content, etc.  This folder should not contain any program files—the data that the EA App installs—and trying to install to that location is asking for trouble.

    Have you installed the game itself into Documents, or are you trying to do so?  If the answer is yes, please try using a different location, for example the default location for games installed through the EA App:

    C:\Program Files\EA Games

    Please also search your computer for the game's .exe.  Open a File Explorer window, click "This PC" in the left panel, and enter TS4_x64 in the search field in the upper-right corner.  When the search is finished, if it's turned up any results, please use Windows key-shift-S to take a screenshot and post it here.

  • PipandBee's avatar
    PipandBee
    3 years ago

    Thank you for the clarification! When I do that search this comes up:

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    3 years ago

    @PipandBee  The second result in your screenshot shows that Sims 4 is still installed, but perhaps the EA App isn't reading it.  The fastest way to fix the issue is to tell the App to install Sims 4 here:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games

    The App should see the existing data and simply verify it rather than downloading everything a second time.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    2 years ago

    @hazzathesnail  What exact issue are you having?  If you're seeing an error, please post a screenshot.

    Please also let me know how much free and total storage your computer has on its C drive.  You can see that by opening a File Explorer window and clicking This PC in the left panel.