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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Sims 4 not installing?

Hello everybody,

I purchased The Sims 4 and downloaded it (took around 1hr 30mins) the it goes to install, here's the problem, it just says 'installing......' and then doing nothing else, I left it on overnight and nothing happened? I've spoken to live support and nothing solved it, anyone in the same boat?

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  • Please post your operating system (Vista, Windows 8, etc) and how much free space on your system drive.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    Windows 8.1 64-bit full recommended specs exceeded and around 600GB free.

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    When you open Origin does the game icon say download or play?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    It says install

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    It just says 'installing......' forever i left it for over 10 hours and said the exact same thing, I go into tast manager and i see Eaproxyinstaller.exe and Touchup etc.

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    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    does the game appear in Windows 8 program and features? First guess is the download may be corrupt and the installer is crashing. You may need to delete the download and try again.

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    I have tried redownloading, this also happened with the latest SimCity, SimCity: 2000 and crusader no remorse.

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    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    Some of these game downloads are large. Is it possible your isp (internet service provider) is less then reliable? There may be errors when downloading but these should be corrected during the download. If you are having trouble with other downloads your isp may be suspect. Try downloading through another isp and see if the problem gets resolved.

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago
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    My ISP is fine though, I've been with them for a while and haven't had issues with other games on origin such as battlefield 3? Steam is also working perfectly.