The Sims: Complete Collection

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   When i press on start.exe nothing pops up

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     Same for me!

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     I have the same problem, does anyone know how to fix this?

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       In order to fix this, I had to go into the Setup folder > Setup.exe
       This skips the buggy setup exe on the surface folder and goes straight to the setup linked to the game files.
       Run it as admin

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     try:
     – go to setup.exe
     – set compatibility to windows xp (service pack 2 or 3)
     – run as admin
     – restart pc if it doesnt work

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   When I try to install the Sims 1 I get an Error has occurred while launching the installer and I’m on Windows 11. How do I get it to install?

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   It will tell you the code is wrong, so try this code if its invalid:BYNW-EUXH-Z3D2-GS5J-CPF9 Your welcome, if that doesnt work try this one:CMMD-E8HB-2PEP-HZ7R-HSTH

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   After I click start.exe, I get the screen to click install. After I click install, I get a message that says unknown error encountered aborting set up. Does anyone know how to fix that problem?

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   I did all steps but when i open its says “Fatal Error! Game cannot be started because: the default graphics card doesn’t support thousands of colors. Exit now” any help?

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     if you used the start file it will say that when you clik play, you should do it with the sims.exe file that by default is located like this C:Program Files (x86)MaxisThe Sims

     You should try runing as administrator and with the compatibility this website says but I think windows 7 compatibility works too, I had a colour problem that I fixed executing it in 16 bit colour

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       First one worked for me thanks

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     Ur graphics card is just trash, thats why.

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   Okay, this is how I got it to work. Go to Local Disk, and then click on Program Files(x86). Go to Maxis, click on “The Sims” folder. Right click on Sims.exe and rename it to “sims.old” without quotation marks. Do not add the application(the game itself) to your desktop screen as a shortcut, because clicking on the shortcut will cause your computer to say fatal error. If you want to play the game, you’re gonna have to go into the The Sims folder and run the game as administrator.

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     Aside from that, does anyone know where to put cc?

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   couldn’t get it running with start.exe so head to set up folder and launch setup.exe. the code may be not working so try this one instead: BYNW-EUXH-Z3D2-GS5J-CPF9
   thanks

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   I cannot uninstall the game it says fatal error

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   I cannot uninstall the game

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    When I try to run it says “Fatal Error: Could not find The Sims data directory”. I installed but the registration option did not pop up. This is what happens now when I click the setup.exe or the play through the Sims Crack folder.

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      same here, did you get it figured out?

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        I had make sure to run as administrator but I wasn’t replacing the file correctly in the last step. Make sure you go to windows and 86 program files or whatever the install directions say.

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          Usually this is because you ran the “start.exe” first and it is now clogging up the process. Make sure it is gone by using the task manager and shutting it off, then restart your pc just to make sure. then go to the setup folder inside the game files and run the “setup.exe” and you should be fine.
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    mine says catastrophic failure

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    IT’S SAYING GAME NEEDS DISC

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      yeah!!! WHY SHALL IT DOEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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    it’s asking me to play as the admin on the laptop that i’m the only one on

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      but really, how do i fix this. i checked, i AM the admin on MY laptop, i even tried redownloading the game, it still asks for me to play with administrator privileges.

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        Go to the compatibility option by right clicking and select run as administrator

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          i tried that, game doesn’t open. after a while i just gave up and wiped the files from my laptop. i might try again at a later date tho. and let smarter people than me figure things out.
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          From what I’ve seen in sims 2, maybe clicking the run option will make it work.
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    game works fine but how do I get the sims maker thing working

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      yeah how https://media1.giphy.com/media/4HaPEavAv22EE/giphy.gif

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    when clicking on the game, the neighborhood comes up but then has loading screens for the packs but it just keeps doing them over and over again… help?

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      check the description of this game, you see at nr 8 it shows how to fix it

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