Sims 4 (Steam) and EA will not launch Sims 4
Hello. For at least 6 months, I have been unable to get Sims 4 launched. I open my Steam app and click "play" for Sims 4. The EA app will open and say it's preparing the game but after minutes of tr...
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Hi again,
So as part of my many tries to resolve the issue with Sims 4, I disconnected my OneDrive from my laptop as I've heard that can create many problems for people. My drive hasn't been connected for quite some time now.
I tried the takedown command but now I'm not sure what I've done as the prompt is confusing because it says that the gaming user I created to launch sims now owns my main user's documents folder. I'm pasting the prompt here:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.3672]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\desti>reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Personal"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Personal REG_SZ C:\Users\desti\Documents
C:\Users\desti>takeown /F "C:\Users\desti\Documents"
SUCCESS: The file (or folder): "C:\Users\desti\Documents" now owned by user "DESLAPTOP\Des Gaming".
C:\Users\desti>
@Simtinee You'd need to run the takeown command from your main account, not your new one. The idea is to login to a given account, use the first command to find the full path to Documents, and then immediately run takeown from that account using the file path you found. You can still do this second part; the command should work fine once you're in the right account as long as that account has admin rights (which it should already).
That why I'm confused. I ran in under my main account but somehow it gave my main account's document ownership to my gaming account if I understand the prompt correctly. Desti is my main and DesGaming is the second account I made.
@puzzlezaddict @8bitNifty I've officially tried everything according to the articles provided to me. I even got a malware app to delete any possible viruses (I had 12 from Chrome). I can't get Sims 4 to open. I officially give up. Thank you for all your help.
@Simtinee There's no reason you can't play Sims 4 in the new admin Windows account. It might be inconvenient, but it's also simple to transfer your saves and other content to the new account and pick up where you left off.
@8bitNifty Please describe your own issue in more detail, including a screenshot of any error message you see and when it happens.
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