tiffy_is_here The initialization error is typically antivirus-related, and the firewall is not the same as the antvirus. So please set exceptions in your AV for TS4_x64, TS4_DX9_x64, and TS4_Launcher_x64, or the Bin folder they're in. Set an exception for EADesktop.exe too while you're there.
You may need to repair the game (again) as well.
The "already running" error has a master thread here, if you can't get past it:
[CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 already running | EA Forums - 11818313
The Sims 4 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts doesn't spawn again until the game starts to load, and both of these errors happen before that, so it's no surprise that you're not seeing a new folder.
the only antivirus software i have installed on my PC is malwarebytes and CCleaner. I don't see an option to have the sims as an exception on those apps. when I try to look in my windows settings for an anti-virus software, there isn't any setting showing up for it (shown in first screenshot). i also tried searching for the virus & threat protection setting on my computer, and it gave me this popup shown in the second screenshot, but this is my personal computer that i built myself back in 2020. i don't know why this is happening.
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