Re: My sims 3 will not launch

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My sims 3 will not launch

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  1. I downloaded the sims 3 about a week ago and I’ve been playing it for a time but now it won’t let me open the launcher every time I click the application it won’t do anything so then I try to launch on origin and then nothing happens. Well then I got to my saved files and I found a file that said .bad which was the last time ive saved it so I delete the file and then I try to launch it again and then nothing happens. If anyone knows how to fix this please do also this is for ea FIX THE SIM
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Re: My sims 3 will not launch

@Eianous  Please move your entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop.  When you open the launcher, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  Don't add anything to it yet; just see whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit.

 

If that works, you can start transferring your content from the old Sims 3 folder to the new one.  Do so in batches, testing each time to make sure the game still launches.  Not all files need to be transferred; here's a detailed list of what the files and folders are for and whether you'd want to preserve them:

 

https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/faq-user-files.html

 

If the game doesn't launch even when you use a completely clean Sims 3 folder, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

 

https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

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