Mine isnt a fault with paul.dll it's instead 'StackHash_0ad7'. I tried the paul.dll fix anyway and it didn't work obviously. It is EXACTLY the same symptoms as others in this thread. It starts as a background process and a couple of seconds later it closes.
Here is the full error report that I got from perfmon:
Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Sims2EP9.exe
Application Version: 1.17.0.66
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0ad7
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c00000fd
Exception Offset: PCH_75_FROM_avcuf32+0x00008AC6
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0ad7
Additional Information 2: 0ad78fcccb1d2b453fc96c36308479bc
Additional Information 3: bf7d
Additional Information 4: bf7d093a944393a5881176b2b8a366af
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: a063e097c2db210aaac74a5dfbceb6a5 (-520678435)
