Where to download on new PC
I recently got a new PC to play the sims on. I’ve been playing on my laptop for years and wanted something that will run my game and mods and cc smoother and faster. I went to download the EA app and the sims and once it was downloaded, I tried to launch the game and nothing happened. I played around with it a few times downloading it in my documents folder where I’m usually used to seeing it on my laptop. Still nothing worked. I have installed and uninstalled the sims and the EA app probably 7 times at this point. I don’t know where to put it to have it work. I have a windows PC. There’s also Program Files where there are Electronic Arts and EA games folders. Please help. I’m so frustrated and bought this set up just for the sims and nothing is working.
@MlizD1698 That file is a component of the 2015 and newer VC++ runtimes, which Sims 4 uses. So please uninstall your current versions, if you have them, and install fresh copies. Hit Windows key-i, select Apps, scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, click on any version from 2015 or later, and select Uninstall. Don't touch the older versions. You can download the newest runtimes directly from Microsoft:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
You'll need both the x86 and x64 versions of the 2015-2022 runtimes, but you can skip the ARM version, which is for a different class of device. Restart your computer after installing and before trying to play.
