Need Help Please with The SIms 2

[timetogetfunky]

Ok so dont get frustrated with me please because I'm not a computer genius , but I need a little help. OK so I recently bought The SIms 2 and was happily playing it until yesterday when I tried starting it again and before it could a window popped up that read deleting (C:\users\Sergio Santamaria\Roaming) but it nevers deletes! And it only happens when I try to start Sims 2. I tried rebooting the computer with no avail, I also tried re-installing the game, no luck. And not only that, a similar window always pops up when I delete or recycle other files. I have Windows Vista Home Premium, and really need help if anyone can. Any suggestion would be helpful. Thanks!

 

[Dwarf]

Hi timetogetfunky and welcome to Vista Forums

Does this name Sergio Santamaria mean anything to you? Do any of the names that pop up in similar windows?

 

[timetogetfunky]

Ya, it is. I'm Sergio and that's the username I use on my laptop. So, do you know how to help me?

 

[Airbot]

Are you talking about the User Account Control (UAC) prompts?

 

[timetogetfunky]

I dont think so. It only happens when I try to open the game. I think its trying to delete a roaming file with 0bytes, but I kept it on for three hours because I thought it was a question of patience and waiting for it to delete but it wont delete. The same thing happens when I try to recycle something on my desktop. It reads "recycling 1 item from public desktop" which it never did before and this window just stays on the screen and does not go away. Before, It usually just recycled it with no window popping up. Kinda weird!! Does anyone know how to fix this??

 

[timetogetfunky]

another note: when I try to cancel the "deleting" or "recycling" file it switches to "canceling..." and again the window does not close.

 

[Airbot]

Have you tried something like CCleaner to clean your temp files and crap?

CCleaner - Home

 

[timetogetfunky]

hmm I'll try that and then get back to u!! thanks

 

[timetogetfunky]

wtf?????????? i did the CCleaner and it appeared to work because it showed the file (C:\users\Sergio Santamaria\AppData\Roaming) as deleted, but when I tried restarting the game, it still showed up. Sorry if anyone else is starting to get frustrated but idk wats going on!!

 

[Airbot]

Did you reboot the computer to see if it clears? You might want to rebuild your index and do a disk defrag. It wouldn't hurt to run SFC/scannow either.

Option three in Brinks tutorial.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69581-indexing-options.html

Start Menu-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html?ltr=S

 

[Submarine]

wtf?????????? i did the CCleaner and it appeared to work because it showed the file (C:\users\Sergio Santamaria\AppData\Roaming) as deleted, but when I tried restarting the game, it still showed up. Sorry if anyone else is starting to get frustrated but idk wats going on!!

Did you press "Run Cleaner" down to the right, or just "Analyze" down to the left? If you didn't you may want to untick stuff you do not want to remove, just to be sure you do not delete anything worth keeping. Having said that, CCleaner is usually OK. Also have a look at the second tab.

 

[timetogetfunky]

thanks everyone for their help, the window still shows up but I cant figure out how to deal with it. I tried all your suggestions, to no avail. Anyway Sims 3 comes out next month so ill just get that and not deal with it anymore. BTW one more question then im done. if i buy another copy will the same problem still arise??

 

[Airbot]

Your guess is as good as mine. I don't even know why the game would make this happen in the first place. :huh:

 

[timetogetfunky]

just found out that the thing causing my problem is one of the expansion packs "Celebration Stuff" because i went on task manager and it told me SIMS 2 SP4 is not responding....Its been like 2 weeks and I still need help so anyone out there please help me... u can find a summary on the whole issue on the 1st page of this thread. thank u in advance.