My legacy edition doesnt work

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Unfortunately it didn't help. 

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Re: My legacy edition doesnt work

@98019801980199  If you want to try something else, you can uninstall and reinstall the VC++ runtime Sims 4 uses.  Hit Windows key-R, enter "appwiz.cpl" without quotes, and look for the list of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables.  Please post a screenshot of what you currently have installed.

 

Next, click on the 2015/2017/2019 version and select Uninstall.  Restart your computer, download the lastest (2015-2019) x86 version from here:

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433...

 

install it, restart again, and see whether Sims 4 works.

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Re: My legacy edition doesnt work

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Well i tried your idea but it didn't work

 

I tried to fix this problem by reinstalling ntdll.dll:

regsvr32.exe /u ntdll.dll

 

But then the error is raised:

the module "ntdll.dll" was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found.

 

I assumed the dll is broken so i ran sfc /scannow but it didnt help

 

I know that right now it's like blind shooting possible solution, but I believe it's worth a try, so if you come up with another idea let me know

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@98019801980199  Try installing the Universal C Runtime update, for which you can find instructions and links here:

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows-322bf30f-4735-bb...

 

Just to be clear, you want the download for the x86 versions of Windows 7.

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this update is already installed on my computer 

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@98019801980199  You can try installing, or reinstalling, Windows 7 Service Pack 2, just to make sure all the required files are present.  SP2 32-bit is the first link here:

 

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/search.aspx?q=kb3125574

 

If this doesn't work, the only other thing I can think of suggesting is installing Windows 10.  Your hardware supports it, and you should still be able to upgrade for free.

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@98019801980199 

 

In addition to what @puzzlezaddict  wrote you can not upgrade to Windows 10 64 bit from Windows 7 32 bit without doing a clean install. So make sure to do backups.

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Yes, after all, best solution for me turned out to be simply upgrading from win7 32 bit to win10 64 bit (yes it's possible for free), here is the video I followed:

https://youtu.be/p1ASb89uBYg

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