I've redownloaded the game and removed all CC AND redownloaded origin and it still only reopens origin if i try to launch the game. Before I uninstalled it would only open if there was custom content, but the text would be missing.
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i seem to be having the same issue with the EA App
i usually play on the Origin App but today when i went to play Sims 4 it made me download EA App and now when i try to start the game it comes up as game already running but wont start i have no idea what to do and have looked everywhere but nothing.
Hi @puzzlezaddict, so I disabled the controlled Folder Access (still same error). I noticed that apparently there are now 6 entries for the Sims in Windows Defender. Is that weird?
I did a bit of digging through my event viewer and came across the attached warning. The warning appears to coincide with my attempts to start the Sims. I went through the steps described here to try and fix this. But it didn't seem to take.
@YourMerigold The Event Viewer error is common and might not be relevant at all here. Almost any Windows machine will get some of these just for running at all.
The Sims 4 Legacy Edition entries would be unsurprising if you had tried to launch the LE, or if it had tried on its own.
For the error itself, please try running the takeown command, as described in this post:
I'd like to know whether you can play after using it, even if it's only once. If it doesn't work in the main account, try it in the new user account just to be thorough. I'm curious whether something is messing with the permissions on your system after the fact.
Hi @puzzlezaddict, I tried the takeown command in both accounts, but still got the game already running error.
However, I also manually updated my graphics card driver, and right now the game is working. I was able to launch and exit a couple of times in a row. If it does not work again tomorrow, I will be back.
If it keeps working, I would like to thank you very very much for taking the time to help me with this issue!!! I really appreciate it. Now I can go and build my silly little houses again in my silly little free time. 🙂
I cannot start my game at all. After updating for rent, my game crash almost everytime, but today i stuck at the loading screen forever. I already did whatever i could, reinstalling the game, the cc, mods everything. But it doesn’t works, i even remove huge amounts of cc and mods. Idk what should i do
@Hanbyulwang 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, 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 that doesn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
So I did the whole moving Isma 4 onto desktop and slowly moving my trays mods and saves back. I saved the saves for last but I found out it’s something in my saves causing my game to get stuck on the loading screen. My trays and mods all still worked. It was when I added my saves that it stopped working. What do I do?
@benG10401 Move your saves back out, then move one save over and see whether it works. If it doesn't, try a different save. If none of the saves work, create a new save, play for a bit, save your progress, quit, restart your computer, and see whether you can still load that save.
Yea…. I simply don’t have that right click & select repair option… the options are Play, Show game details, game properties, & uninstall….
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