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EA_Arrenai
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7 years ago

Re: Sims 2: Open For Business

Thanks for the update, @TrainsofBritain.

During the era of The Sims 2, before internet-hosted patching for games, there was a strict installation order where the latest expansion would have the latest patch for The Sims 2 for that install. So if you have The Sims 2: Open for Business installed, you would have to uninstall it before installing The Sims 2: University as University launched first.

However, if you only have The Sims 2 and The Sims 2: Open for Business installed, and you are only trying to run those, then let's see if we can track down why it's not loading up.

Do you have the The Sims 2: Open for Business disc 1 in the drive? Also, are you running the game as Administrator and in Vista (Service Pack 2) compatibility mode?

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  • TrainsofBritain's avatar
    TrainsofBritain
    7 years ago

    I can’t do it today but I’ve been running it in XP SP3 compatibility mode so I’ll try that and get back to you tomorrow.

  • EA_Arrenai's avatar
    EA_Arrenai
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    7 years ago

    Hey there, @TrainsofBritain.

    It looks like those errors mention specifically The Sims 2: University. May I ask which order you installed the expansions in?

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  • TrainsofBritain's avatar
    TrainsofBritain
    7 years ago

    I finally managed to get all my expansions installed on my laptop. Thanks for your help,

  • jelenbain's avatar
    jelenbain
    6 years ago

    Hello! How could you finally install all the expansions on your laptop? I have the same problem with the sims 2 open for bussines.

    thanks!

  • Tremayne4260's avatar
    Tremayne4260
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    6 years ago

    @jelenbain , you need to do a Google search for "How to install Sims 2 and expansions on Windows 10" and the answers should direct you to a Microsoft website which will give you instructions on how to download and install the game.

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