Cant play my sims games!
Monk420:
I have no idea if this is in the correct section or not if it is not, please anyone move it to the correct spot so that it can be fixed hopefully. Awhile back I had to uninstall all my sims games because my mansion and gardens stuff pack had a huge crack in it and kept saying I needed to put in mansion and gardens to play or that there was no disc inserted. So when I found out I uninstalled it then it said I was running the wrong version of my sims games please insert apartment life well after uninstalling and re-installing I got tired of being told its the wrong disc, so I thought maybe I need to uninstall the base game to fix it, well I got all them uninstalled finally and reinstalled the base game and seasons, BUT when I went to install the next game it told me at the end of the installation that it needed to see if my game was up to date then told me could not check to see if it was up to date and had to close then it started REVERSING the percentage bar from 98% to 76% to 54% and so on until it was gone! Then I tried to play it without the expansions that I couldn't install and it told me that I was running the wrong version of the sims please insert ''T'' instead, I tried it again and it told me please insert ''i'' instead, then when I tried it again it said please insert '' '' instead! I could really use someone's help here. 1headwall
Paden:
OK, uninstall all of it again. THEN, go into "My Documents" and completely wipe out any folder with the name "EA Games" on it. Fully and completely obliterate that folder, don't save a friggin thing in it. Then defrag your machine. You should then be ready for a total re-install of what you have. Sometimes, most times in my experience when I've done fresh installs, the uninstalling leaves behind an EA Games folder for some damn reason or another and that totally messes with what you're trying to do. Give it a go and I hope that it works for you! Also, delete any and all desktop short cuts that now exist as you uninstall. Let the process generate new ones, instead.
ETA: Almost forgot. After uninstalling, make sure that you also check your program files for another EA Games folder and wipe that thing out if it's still there. It may claim to have completely taken it off your machine, but most the time it doesn't. Wipe all traces of it out and then start afresh. It's kind of like washing out the coffee maker so you don't have funky tasting coffee... A clean start is the best start.
miros1:
1) You can replace your M&G disk fairly inexpensively at the Maxis site if you registered it when you originally installed it.
2) Next time you have a problem, ask before you start trying to fix it. Your original problem (cracked M&G disk) could have been fixed by getting the disk from Maxis or by downloading a replacement executable.
3) If deleting the folders as Paden said doesn't fix it, you've got crud stuck in the registry. I just woke up, so I can't remember the best way to fix this.
Monk420:
Ok ill try that Paden, the one thing I didnt do was defrag. If it tells me cant uninstall because I have a pack that needs to be taken out first then ill let you guys know. And for the record miros, I did seek help before trying to fix it myself but after it didnt work I came to the professionals. ;)
Monk420:
Before I even get to the defrag I hit a problem my computer witch apparently has no functional CPU brain cells is telling me I have an expansion installed and need to uninstall it before my base game, but the base game is the only sims 2 game on my computer! AND the base is the only game in my program files. 1explode
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