origin is not installed and is required to play this game plsreinstall origin

@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."