Sims 4 refusing to open up after the November patch 2020 [ Edited ]

[TayloQT]

IDK whats going on but basically, I updated my game, removed all my cc and now the game doesn't open at all. It asks to run as admin and so I click ok and well it looks like it's about to open but nope, just goes back to origin. please help xd

Edit By Crinrict: Removed tag again cause made new thread

[crinrict · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone

as this thread is becoming a bit of a collection of things, I made a new master for the Not opening issue.

There are quite a few issues so please use the ones your issue. That makes it easier to help. Do try the solutions already given in the threads:

• If your game crashes, please use this thread: [CURRENT ISSUE] Game Crashes after November 2020 Patch ( If you are NOT on a Windows PC. Please use the threads listed in the first post for your platform)
• You are booted back to the map and get an error code.  More information about that can be found here: [FAQ] Map Reloading/ Error Codes
• You have issues with something not working as expected in the game (aka a bug): Please post in the Bug forum - Create ONE thread per Issue you encounter. Check the compiled list before reporting: [READ FIRST] Compiled list of reported Issues
• You get a Game is already running error message: Nov 2020 Patch Issues - Game won't Open says "already Running"
• Your game doesn't start at all. You can't open it. You get no error Message:  [CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 doesn't start - No Error Message (Patch 1.68.154)
• You get a VCRuntime Or MSVCP140.DLL Error. Please try suggestions here:  [CURRENT ISSUE] Execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140.DLL was not found
• You get an Error Code 0xc000007b. Please post here: Error Code 0xc000007b Preventing Game Startup
• You get an Error Message: Ordinal Not Found. Please try suggestions here:  TS4.exe - Ordinal Not Found
• If you loose sound (without having disabled it), please post here: [CURRENT ISSUE] Muted Sounds
• Your Game freezes/Clock freezes but it doesn't crash (probably related to crashing): [CURRENT ISSUE] Game time stops/ Game Freeze (Probably related to Game Crashes)

[jpkarlsen]

@TayloQT 

Did you restart your computer?

[TayloQT]

multiple times, tried updating my drivers too but it did nothing xd

[jpkarlsen]

@TayloQT 

You wrote you removed CC but how about Mods? Also delete localthumbcache.package

[TayloQT]

I actually had taken everything from my mods folder and put it into a backup folder, now my mods folder is just empty

[foxontherun7]

This happened to me too. I don't have any CC or mods at all.

Edited to add that I have tried rebooting multiple times, repairing the game multiple times, deleting Origin cache files, and nothing works. I am so frustrated and sad, especially because I play it on a system that is well past the minimum requirements to run it.

[alanmichael1]

If your PC says that 

msvcp140.dll

is missing you need to manually download Microsoft Visual C++ 2019. 

[foxontherun7]

I can't speak for the OP, but I don't have an error message about any files missing, the game just flat out doesn't load for me.

[Shockseed]

@TayloQTI have the same problem too
If I try to pick update/repair it redownloads my entire game, and I have checked many many MANY times that I already have it installed. It takes up lots og Gigabytes

Though I doubt this is a new issue since I've had to reinstall after every update, but I dont currently live at a place with good internet and it has a limit to how much I can use so I cant redownload it now 

I found what I thought was a fix which basically revolved around making a new Origin games folder and it instantly verified all my files.... before redownloading itself again

[LailaBarbosa]

how can i do this?