@Basilhs007 Try disabling Origin in-game: hover over your username, select Application Settings, then the Origin in-game header, and disable the option at the top.
If that doesn't help, either disable Windows Defender's Controlled Folder Access, or add exceptions for Origin.exe, TS4_x64.exe, and TS4.exe.
https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/03/windows-10-defender-controlled-folder-access.html
If you have a third-party antivirus running, please try disabling that intead, at least long enough to test. It's often not enough to only set exceptions anymore.
If none of this helps, do a clean uninstall and reinstall of Origin:
- First, clear Origin's cache.
- Right-click on the Task Bar and open the Task Manager. Scroll through looking for Origin entries. If you find any, click on them and End Task.
- Download Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine) from here.
- Launch Revo, select Origin from the list, and click Uninstall.
- When it finishes uninstalling, select "Moderate" under "scanning modes," and click Scan.
- If Revo finds any remaining registry entries, select all, delete, and click Next.
- Revo will display "Remaining Data and Folders. Select all of them except for the "Origin Games" folder, if it appears. (This is where Sims 4 and other Origin games are installed by default.) Delete the rest.
- Close Revo, and restart your computer.
Next, download the full Origin installer and run it. Here's the direct download link:
http://download.dm.origin.com/origin/live/OriginSetup.exe
Be sure to run both the installer and Origin itself as an admin: right-click on each and select "Run as Administrator."