Re: Unable to start: Initialization error at startup

Don't know if that fix works for Win 10 so I would not try it to be safe (especially if you're not comfortable around techie stuff on computers).

And yes, that's what I meant.

Did you try repairing the game through Origin yet ? Just right-click on the game and hit the option to repair.

The error message I get is this.
Unable to start:
Initialization error at start up.
[135dec40:29f00e76:00000084: 18a 1 dd51]

This started showing up about four days ago. Nothing on my laptop had changed. I hadn't downloaded anything, deleted anything, changed anything. It just started happening.

Can you try this: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sim-4-Initialization-error-at-start-up-OR-Sims-4-is-Already/td-p/6412439 ?

Thank you so much! It's working now!

Glad to hear.

Thanks for your feedback.