Sims3 launcher has stopped working....Played the game just fine for months. Then started experiencing crashes. Now the game won't launch at all. I have run the registry fixer, I have changed the Nvidia driver, I spent hours on the phone with HP, running spyware, malware, checking for viruses. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the games (sims3 and WA). My Os is vista home premium 32 bit. Oh and now I have lost sound....at first I thought it was just a sims3 withdrawal symptom, but no......it seems to be another vista problem...
Sims3 won't launch
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Sims3 launcher has stopped working....Played the game just fine for months. Then started experiencing crashes. Now the game won't launch at all. I have run the registry fixer, I have changed the Nvidia driver, I spent hours on the phone with HP, running spyware, malware, checking for viruses. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the games (sims3 and WA). My Os is vista home premium 32 bit. Oh and now I have lost sound....at first I thought it was just a sims3 withdrawal symptom, but no......it seems to be another vista problem...
Follow these steps:
1. Open the start menu
2. In the search box type cmd
3. Right click on Command Prompt and select run as Administrator
4. In command prompt, type:
sfc /scannow
And press enter. Let that run and let us know if it found any problems
If it did find errors, then I want you to run this batch file (attached file) as an administrator, and upload the text file that it creates on your desktop.
Is this a legal copy of the Sims? And have you tried reinstalling the Sims?
Tom
1. Open the start menu
2. In the search box type cmd
3. Right click on Command Prompt and select run as Administrator
4. In command prompt, type:
sfc /scannow
And press enter. Let that run and let us know if it found any problems
If it did find errors, then I want you to run this batch file (attached file) as an administrator, and upload the text file that it creates on your desktop.
Is this a legal copy of the Sims? And have you tried reinstalling the Sims?
Tom
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Build #1
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
- Sound Card
- Integrated on motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 23" LG LCD/LED IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1920*1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung EVO 128GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
- PSU
- Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
- Case
- NZXT Phantom 410
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
- Mouse
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
BCXtreme
Member
After you try the above suggestion:
Did you make any changes on the computer around the time that the crashes started? Updates to the game, Windows, other new programs, anything?
Did you make any changes on the computer around the time that the crashes started? Updates to the game, Windows, other new programs, anything?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware Aurora
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-920 @2.66GHz
- Memory
- 9.00GB DDR3
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 w/1.8GB RAM
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 28" and 19" widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200 and 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 500GB 1TB
- PSU
- 525-watt
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis
- Keyboard
- Logitech G11
- Internet Speed
- 8Mbps cable
Thank you for response. The scannow command found no issues. I bought my collector's edition disk directly from Electronic Arts.
My Computer
The only changes I made was to download itunes for my ipod and I did download some items for the Sims from the EA store. I do have automatic update for windows on this device, as well.
My Computer
Have you tried reinstalling the Sims?
Tom
Tom
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Build #1
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
- Sound Card
- Integrated on motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 23" LG LCD/LED IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1920*1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung EVO 128GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
- PSU
- Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
- Case
- NZXT Phantom 410
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
- Mouse
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
BCXtreme
Member
In the OP:
Do you reinstall the downloaded content from the EA store when you reinstall the game?
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware Aurora
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-920 @2.66GHz
- Memory
- 9.00GB DDR3
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 w/1.8GB RAM
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 28" and 19" widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200 and 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 500GB 1TB
- PSU
- 525-watt
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis
- Keyboard
- Logitech G11
- Internet Speed
- 8Mbps cable
I reinstalled Sims3 only. (I did not reinstall WA) I reinstalled from a completely new disk. I did not reinstall any of the downloaded EA content.
My Computer
BCXtreme
Member
But you did UNinstall WA? Or have you not touched it since the problem started?
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware Aurora
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-920 @2.66GHz
- Memory
- 9.00GB DDR3
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 w/1.8GB RAM
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 28" and 19" widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200 and 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 640GB 500GB 1TB
- PSU
- 525-watt
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis
- Keyboard
- Logitech G11
- Internet Speed
- 8Mbps cable
My bad
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Build #1
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
- Sound Card
- Integrated on motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 23" LG LCD/LED IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1920*1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung EVO 128GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
- PSU
- Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
- Case
- NZXT Phantom 410
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
- Mouse
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload
How recent is this problem?
Tom
Tom
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Build #1
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 3770K @4.4GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile (White)
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 (2GB GDDR5)
- Sound Card
- Integrated on motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 23" LG LCD/LED IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1920*1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung EVO 128GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 2x500GB Seagate FreeAgent 5400rpm
- PSU
- Corsair TX650W V2 (80+ Bronze)
- Case
- NZXT Phantom 410
- Cooling
- Corsair H100 Water Cooler, 1x140mm and 1x120mm stock fans
- Mouse
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Mouse
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Desktop 2000 Wireless Keyboard
- Internet Speed
- 95 Mb/s Download 70 Mb/s Upload