Error message won't recognize when I remove a file!

@potato_cween  Is it possible that you have multiple copies of the Sims 4 user data folder (with the Mods folder inside), and you're removing the mod from the "wrong" folder?  A common place for a second folder to be is OneDrive, and it's easy to open the OneDrive version of Documents rather than the one stored locally on your hard drive.  Delete the mod from the folder that the game is reading, as opposed to the copy, and the error should go away.

I was pretty sure I was looking at/removing from the right folder, but do you have any instructions for identifying the difference between the OneDrive and hard drive?

If this helps at all- I am currently transferring from my Mac to a new PC. On my Mac, I have the EXACT same mods folder but the game still loads with absolutely NO error message?

Do PCs just not allow you to play the game with outdated mods whereas Macs do? Or is there something specifically wrong with my PC that is causing this issue?

@potato_cween  When you're looking at the contents of a folder, the file path will show in the address bar above the list of files and folders.  You can also right-click on any file or folder and select Properties > General; the full file path will be listed there.

The mods you're moving to your new PC could have been corrupted during the transfer process.  That happens sometimes when moving files from Windows to macOS, although not usually the other way around.  But if you're wondering whether this happened, you can download a new copy of one mod and test it out.  If the transferred copy is the same version and doesn't work, but the new one does, then the file was likely corrupted along the way.

Also, if you happen to be running the Legacy Edition on your Mac, you'd have (and need) older versions of your mods, but those would be outdated in the standard version of Sims 4.

Okay, thanks for all the help!

I'll try playing with and trying different things and get back!

Arg!! Okay so I double checked like you said- and I am acting in the right folder.

I was playing around with this issue and found that when I removed the entire 'Building' folder (within Mods) that this "corrupted" file was in- an error message popped up with a NEW file that was the problem (but at least it recognized that I got rid of the first one, right?)

I then proceeded to try and remove the new "corrupted" file on the new error message. The SAME thing happens. Whenever I remove the file they tell me is the problem (whether I just move it or fully delete it), the same error message pops up as if I never removed the "corrupted" file at all. However, when I remove the entire sub folder it is in, (ie. build items, CC clothing, etc.) the error message moves on to tell me about a new "corrupted file.

Essentially, removing the one file that I am told is the problem does nothing, but removing the sub-folder within Mods that it is in fixes that and helps it move onto the next error message.

So, is there something about having sub-folders that prevents me from being able to run the game?

Thanks for all the help 🙂

@potato_cween  Let's try starting with a clean Sims 4 user data folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and a clean folder will spawn the next time you launch the game.  Enable custom content and script mods in the game options, quit, download one mod you know is updated for this patch, add it to the Mods folder, and see whether you get the error.  Let me know either way.

Edit:  I just saw your edit, and there shouldn't be a problem with having mods one subfolder deep, as in Mods\subfolder name\some mod files.  More than one subfolder deep though, the game won't read them.

Alright thanks, will do!

Alright- moved my entire sims 4 folder and downloaded one of the old problem mods and the game ran fine. 

Does this mean I need to download all my mods/cc files again? Because I would be doing that for a solid week given the ammount of cc files and mods I used to have lol.

(Also, if I somehow managed to reinstall all my old cc clothes/build items- would they go back to the sims that were wearing them and/or the lots that had them? I have a save file with a LOT of sims and homes and after reinstalling all my custom content it would be such a pain to have to re-dress and re-decorate sims and homes.)

But thank you for all the help!!

Perfect, thank you so so much!