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TrainsofBritain
7 years ago
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Sims 2: Open For Business

I finally managed to get the sims 2 base and the first of my expansion packs (university) installed. I just installed Open for Business (a note, I have to use the method of force closing the installe...
  • EA_Arrenai's avatar
    EA_Arrenai
    7 years ago

    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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hu770n1's avatar
hu770n1
6 years ago

I am having trouble installing this expansion pack.

The open for business installs fine but then asks me to insert sims 2 disc to see if there is any updates and it then uninstalls the game.

I do not have any other expansion packs installed i just have the sims 2. 

Can someone help on how to fix this?

Kayleigh

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Tremayne4260
Hero
6 years ago

@hu770n , do you have any other expansion packs for the game or stuff packs? 

So you can install Sims 2 Base Game fine and play it? Just checking because it could be you need to apply the fixes to the Base Game before trying to install OFB. Also what version of Windows are you playing on?

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    hu770n1
    6 years ago

    Hey,

    nope, no other extension packs. I have no other games at all on my computer.

    yes I have been playing the sims 2 fine for a few months and just bought the extension pack a few days ago.

    the install works fine, it gets to 100% and I have the correct code as the manual is in the disc so it is not a copied one from online. Once the install is finished it asks me to put my original sims 2 disc back in to see if there are any updates needed to launch the game. When I put that in it automatically does a little update (there are no options or ways of me stopping it) and then it uninstalls the OFB pack again without any buttons enabling me to stop it, the box shows 100% installed and then gradually goes down to 0% and wipes the game from my device.

    I have not tampered with any settings in either game so if there is anything I need to do in the background I have not done that.

    i have a HP computer and it’s only 2 years old so I’m sure it’s windows 10.

    • Tremayne4260's avatar
      Tremayne4260
      Hero
      6 years ago

      @hu770n , if I remember correctly there is something extra you have to do to install Sims 2 to the current version of Windows 10. I'll need to research it.

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