sims 4 already running

by curiearundel
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sims 4 already running

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I've looked up this problem in other threads and nothing seems to be working. The problem is what it says on the tin: I try to launch the sims 4, get an error message that it's still running. The problem started thursday, up to and including wednesday it worked fine. Now I get the Already running error message when I try to start the game. The EA-folder is set to share as it should be, so that is probably not it. I just ran a repair on the game and it seemed to download everything just fine, but when I then tried to start the game, the error message again. I've also deleted origin and installed the latest version to no avail. I tried Dragon age and that worked fine. 

 

What else can I do? 

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I did, but it didn't make a difference. 

 

In the end, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game via Origin, and that seems to have done the trick. Been able to open the game three times now, and so far no error message. 

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Hero
@curiearundel What security software are you using ? Did you check that already ?

Good Luck
Crin

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I use Norton, but I checked and Norton seems to allow the game as normal

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Hero
@curiearundel Do you have your user files on an external drive or something along these lines ?

Could you turn off Norton just for testing to see if that makes a difference ?

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Crin

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I did, but it didn't make a difference. 

 

In the end, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game via Origin, and that seems to have done the trick. Been able to open the game three times now, and so far no error message. 

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Hero
@curiearundel That's good to hear. Hope it stays that way.

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Crin

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@crinrict me too. Thanks for your help!
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