I have no mods or CC and here's what I got from the DxDiag thing -w-"
I have had this issue as well and have been following this thread and trying the suggested solutions. For me, if you repair or download the game it is supposed to install all the microsoft visual c++ redist that it needs. I have downloaded the all in one but the separated in additional run time and other files that made them look weird, so me downloading off the web made it more confusing especially with all the different versions. So, I deleted all of them except 2015-2019 and repaired the game and the rest were found in my programs. I have tried repaire these redists but it doesn't change anything. So, I don't think it is a vc++ issue at least in my case. My legacy game works and so does Sims 3. I had an error about a video card in legacy but that was an easy fix. It is really odd.
I had previous error pop ups with missing dll msconfig.dll or something to the effect in Nov but that was replaced with this exact error code for this thread when I repaired and redownloaded weeks ago. I am scared that it is something happening to a lot of Windows 10 and the Sims team can't do anything. EA hasn't helped me much so I am hoping to find a solution here soon so I can take advantage of the sale.
