Re: Sims 4 won´t launch

@puzzlezaddict Hi. I'm hoping you can give some help. I tried your suggestion and it didn't work. My sims 4 stopped launching a couple days through both EA and Steam. Sims 3 works fine tho. I'm clueless as to what to do.

@Snowbird1128  As a test, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, if it launches, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just let me know whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit.

If the game still won't open, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

@puzzlezaddict Sorry for the delay and thanks for responding to me. I already deleted everything. Went back to zero sims4 on pc. Nothing. Reinstalled Sims4...still won't work. I'm at a loss.

@puzzlezaddict Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621) (22621.ni_release.220506-1250)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 82JW
BIOS: HHCN11WW (type: UEFI)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics (16 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5996MB RAM
Page File: 10263MB used, 8532MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.4.6
DxDiag Version: 10.00.22621.0001 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Display Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x1638)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Type: Full Device (POST)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_1638&SUBSYS_3AAC17AA&REV_C5
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 5030 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2032 MB
Shared Memory: 2998 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (165Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Extend
Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
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Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: AUO5895
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (165.010Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
Advanced Color: Not Supported
Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\u0381698.inf_amd64_c210a171e1a050ef\B381591\aticfx64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\u0381698.inf_amd64_c210a171e1a050ef\B381591\aticfx64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\u0381698.inf_amd64_c210a171e1a050ef\B381591\aticfx64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\u0381698.inf_amd64_c210a171e1a050ef\B381591\amdxc64.dll
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Driver Version: 30.0.14052.9003
DDI Version: 12
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Driver Model: WDDM 3.0
Hardware Scheduling: DriverSupportState:AlwaysOff Enabled:False
Displayable: Not Supported
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Detachable GPU: No
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Integrated
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: DISABLE_HWSCH
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/20/2022 8:00:00 PM, 1849712 bytes
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WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
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SubSys ID: 0x3AAC17AA
Revision ID: 0x00C5
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Video Accel: Unknown
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DXVA-HD: Not Supported
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D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
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Extension Drivers:
Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdwddme.inf_amd64_10f827f552726b84\amdwddme.inf
Driver Version: 30.0.14052.9003
Driver Date: 07/21/2022
Driver Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
Component Drivers:
Driver Name: Unknown
Driver Version: Unknown
Driver Date: Unknown
Driver Provider: Unknown
Catalog Attributes: N/A

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_25E0&SUBSYS_3AAC17AA&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 6974 MB
Dedicated Memory: 3976 MB
Shared Memory: 2998 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Extend
Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
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Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: ASUS VS228
Monitor Id: ACI22FD
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
Advanced Color: Not Supported
Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlti.inf_amd64_9e74de32b340f699\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlti.inf_amd64_9e74de32b340f699\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlti.inf_amd64_9e74de32b340f699\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlti.inf_amd64_9e74de32b340f699\nvldumdx.dll
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DDI Version: 12
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Hardware Scheduling: DriverSupportState:Stable Enabled:True
Displayable: Not Supported
Graphics Preemption: Pixel
Compute Preemption: Dispatch
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Detachable GPU: No
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/18/2023 8:00:00 PM, 770656 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-66A0-11CF-9978-A31A0EC2D235}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x25E0
SubSys ID: 0x3AAC17AA
Revision ID: 0x00A1
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Rank Of Driver: 00CF0001
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