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@Abi_tumblree  Buying a new copy of the game won't help here, and you shouldn't have to do so anyway.

What exactly is trying to sync, as in, what are you watching that shows 1 GB of progress?  If Origin is repairing, please open the Task Manager and let me know how much CPU Origin is using.

Please also let me know what antivirus you're running.  Many prebuilt computers come with one pre-installed, so even if you didn't buy or install one yourself, check anyway.  You can look through the Task Manager's background processes list for anything that sounds like it might belong to an antivirus.

Thank you so much for trying to help, I deleted the anti-virus software the computer came with and purchased my own. It's called bitdefender. I don't believe origin is repairing, but I checked the task manager anyways and Origin is currently using 0% CPU. For background, I bought the computer open box however it was only originally purchased in January. Ill take a screenshot of what I'm looking that shows me 1GB of progress.

@Abi_tumblree  Okay, OneDrive is the issue here: it's trying to sync your program files for some reason, which it should absolutely not be doing.  Where did you install Sims 4?  I don't mean where are your saves; I mean where did Origin place the program files.  If you're not sure, open a File Explorer window, click This PC in the left panel, enter TS4_x64 in the search bar in the upper right corner, click on the entry when it comes up, and click "Open file location." That will take you to the folder where the .exe is; please copy the address bar (above the list of files and folders) and paste it here.

For OneDrive itself, the easiest solution is to disable it, but if you don't want to do that, you can select which folders get synced.  In the latter case, it's important to know where the game is installed before doing anything else.

Here is where Origin placed the program files, I hope I copied to correct stuff: C:\Users\abihj\OneDrive\Desktop\The Sims 4\Game\Bin

How important is OneDrive? I'm unfamiliar with tech stuff so I'm unsure if I'd need OneDrive to carry out things in the future or if it would mess with anything up if I disable it. Also, if I disable OneDrive, I assume that would stop syncing my program files, so would the game still be playable? I've downloaded the sims through origin on other computers and this has never happened to me.

@Abi_tumblree  Program files are read from your hard drive, not from OneDrive; having a second copy within OneDrive does nothing except occupy space.  The game would not only be playable without OneDrive syncing the files, updating would be a lot more efficient.

It actually sounds like you've listed the synced copy of TS4_x64.exe, as in, the search found the one inside OneDrive, and the original is on your desktop.  That's not the best setup just by itself: it would be better to have the game installed somewhere within Program Files (x86).  You can of course leave it on your desktop, but for various reasons (including but not limited to the ability of OneDrive to sync your desktop data if you want that feature), I'd recommend moving it.

In order to do so, the first step is to completely disable OneDrive.  You can reenable it later, but for now, get it out of the picture.  Restart your computer, open your Origin game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Move Game.  From there, select This PC > C: > Program Files (x86) > Origin Games as the destination, and let Origin move the game's program files.

Once you've done that, you can reenable OneDrive, but be sure to delete whatever Sims 4 program files are in cloud storage.  Or you can leave OneDrive disabled: it's not necessary for anything really, and many of us never use it.  If you do want it running, I'd recommend preventing it from automatically syncing Documents at the very least, as this can interfere with your saves and other user content.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/choose-which-onedrive-folders-to-sync-to-your-computer-98b8b011-8b94-419b-aa95-a14ff2415e85

Thank you so much for helping. How do I disable one drive? I've tried researching it and various websites are telling me different ways and I would like to be safe about it.

Nevermind that, I see you've added a link. Thank you!

So I'm running into a bit of difficulty disabling it. I followed the instructions through the link provided as so: Help and Settings>Settings>Account>Choose folders

Then, I unchecked the Sims 4 box and hit okay. First screenshot is the box I unchecked and second is the message I received once hitting "okay".

Thank you so much, I finally got it working thanks to you!

Hi! I know this is a really old post but my windows computer just updated and now i cannot de-select onedrive from syncing to my sims4 folder. Before I was able to click on "Choose Folders" and then de-select sims4, but now when i go to Choose Folders I dont even have the option to de-select it as it is a checked white box (I attached a picture). I checked the location of my game in the EA app and it reads 'C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4'. I dont know what to do as Im a college student and dont want to potentially lose my files from un-installing onedrive. Is there any solution to how I can stop this so I can play with mods?