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jazzman_87 I've split your post into its own thread since you have a Windows 10 computer, not Windows 7 like most people with this error, so the cause is likely different for you. Your dxdiag lists a few generic Windows errors, so please run a couple of basic checks of your Windows system files:
- Hit Windows key-X
- Choose either “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator),” whichever option is offered
- Inside the window that appears, copy and paste “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” without quotes, and enter
- The system will start validating soon. If it throws an error, please list it here
- After it reaches 100%, hit Windows key-X again
- Again, choose “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator)”
- Inside the window, copy and paste “sfc /scannow” without quotes, and enter
- Post the message you receive here
Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the box to check for updates. If any install, restart again afterwards.
If you use a third-party antivirus, please disable it, temporarily of course. Clear the EA App cache:
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/clear-cache-to-fix-problems-with-your-games/
and repair the game, again if you have already: game library > Sims 4 > Manage > Repair. Then try to play with the AV still disabled; as long as you don't do anything else at the same time, your computer should be safe. If this works, set exceptions for TS4_x64 and TS4_Launcher_x64, and EADesktop.exe as well, in your AV.
If this doesn't help, please list the location where you've installed the game, which you can see under Sims 4 > Manage > View properties. That's also where you'd add the -dx9 command line argument if you're playing through the EA App. In Steam, it's Properties > General > Launch options.
- jazzman_872 months agoNew Novice
I really appreciate all the effort you went to with that answer however even after doing all of that, it still throws up the same error. I don't use a third party antivirus but I still went into Windows security and added exceptions even though I made sure that my steam folder was excluded a while back.
I then verfied the game files in steam once more and still no luck sadly.
Here's the message I received after the sfc /scannow process:Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.
For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at
windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline
repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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