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Sarahaa21's avatar
3 years ago
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I can't open my sims 4 game

Every time I try and open my sims 4 game whether its on Epic games, the EA app, or the game tile it always opens a small window and says "Origin is not installed, and is required to play your game. Please reinstall Origin". The thing is I'm a windows player and EA says I'm supposed to use the EA app. I've already taken out my sims 4 folder and tried to launch it again but it still says the same thing. I've taken out my mods folder and it still says the same thing. 

Can anyone please help me? 

  • @Sarahaa21  That's almost certainly a mod-related issue.  Please remove all your mods and custom content, delete localthumbcache.package, and test.

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  • Sarahaa21's avatar
    Sarahaa21
    3 years ago

    Thankfully the account is linked to a Microsoft account. I'll see to reset the password. Thanks so far. Also what do you mean by restart? Like restart as the computer turning off and on again or? 

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @Sarahaa21  A proper restart is its own option: Restart rather than Sleep or Shut Down.  This reinitializes drivers and reloads other data that gets saved during a standard shutdown process, which is why it's a critical troubleshooting step by itself and in tandem with other recommendations.  Restarting would also necessarily sign you out of your Windows account, which is why I asked about it.

    Once you have a working password for this computer, it's worth restarting the computer and trying again to play.  If that doesn't work, try the new admin account.  If that doesn't work either, let me know, and we can go from there.

  • Sarahaa21's avatar
    Sarahaa21
    3 years ago

    Hey thanks for the help so far. I got on to the EA app and decided to uninstall the sims 4 again and reinstall it again. When I tried it for some reason it actually worked. I have no ide how or why but it works so. Thanks for the help again!

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    Sarahaa21
    3 years ago

    Hi so this is the existing account. For some reason it works again now. Now it's just that these buttons have a weird image behind them. 

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @Sarahaa21  That's almost certainly a mod-related issue.  Please remove all your mods and custom content, delete localthumbcache.package, and test.