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Anonymous
9 years ago
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Sims 1 not working on windows 7

I've managed to download it perfectly where the menu does pop up with music. However when I press play the menu disappears and the game doesn't pop up at all. I've checked that I have all the requirements but I'm stuck as to what to do any help?
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    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Hey I finally managed it, go to updates remove the update KB3086255, stop auto update of system and restart. When computer comes back on check it’s not there and should work.has been for me since

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    EA_Mai
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    9 years ago

    Hi @geneva9740,

    You could try to run the game in compatibility mode with Windows XP. To do so, right click on the game shortcut in your desktop and select Properties. Then go to Compatibility tab and check the box to "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (Service Pack 3)".

    Good luck!

    Mai

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    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Hi unfortunatly this hasn’t helped any other ideas? I click the game and a loading wheel pops up next to my curser then it goes away, and nothing happens 😡
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Hey I finally managed it, go to updates remove the update KB3086255, stop auto update of system and restart. When computer comes back on check it’s not there and should work.has been for me since
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    I have tried that ☹️ I have managed to hide the update today so it shouldn’t come back and I need to work out how to unintsall the game as it’s refusing to uninstall ☹️
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    Panda14616
    8 years ago

    To uninstall the game fully you need to run sims eraser found on any expansion pack disk from superstar on.

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    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    I did that too but it still did not work
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Did you uninstall the update and restart the computer also don’t forget to click on the sims instead of waiting for the cd to load automatically. That’s the only thing that worked for me

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