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Kidothewolf
5 years ago
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I can't download origin, is there a way play Sims without the origin system?

Okay, to be completely clear, I got a device called Magnus (If that means something) but it has a windows 10 program (the pro education one, cause my school got me this computer) I have another compu...
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    puzzlezaddict
    5 years ago

    @Kidothewolf  Those files are part of the 2015-2019 VC++ runtimes, which Origin and Sims 4 both use.  So it's best to uninstall your current copies, if you have them, and download new ones from Microsoft.

    Click Windows key-i, select Apps, and scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables.  Click on the 2015 (or 2017, or 2015-2019) versions, both x86 and x64, and Uninstall.  (Don't touch the versions from any other year.)  Then download and install new versions directly from Microsoft:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

    You need both the x86 and x64 versions, but you can skip the ARM version, which is for a different class of device.  Restart your computer before trying to install Origin.

    @KatieCookie2011  If you're getting exactly the same error(s), try the above as well.  Otherwise, please post a screenshot of what you see.

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Kidothewolf
5 years ago

This is the errors

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puzzlezaddict
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5 years ago

@Kidothewolf  Those files are part of the 2015-2019 VC++ runtimes, which Origin and Sims 4 both use.  So it's best to uninstall your current copies, if you have them, and download new ones from Microsoft.

Click Windows key-i, select Apps, and scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables.  Click on the 2015 (or 2017, or 2015-2019) versions, both x86 and x64, and Uninstall.  (Don't touch the versions from any other year.)  Then download and install new versions directly from Microsoft:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

You need both the x86 and x64 versions, but you can skip the ARM version, which is for a different class of device.  Restart your computer before trying to install Origin.

@KatieCookie2011  If you're getting exactly the same error(s), try the above as well.  Otherwise, please post a screenshot of what you see.

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    KatieCookie2011
    5 years ago
    @puzzlezaddict thank you so much!!!! I got it finally, there was a few different things, not sure exactly what did it but "repairing" some of the c++ files must have worked 🙂 thanx again!!

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