In this thread Huge Lunatic says that :"An issue that I have had if my user game files have been corrupted, is that I cannot simply replace the entire My Documents\EA Games\The Sims2 folder, but rather have to replace contents of the individual folders. Such as Neighborhoods, Downloads, etc. Have you tried running bodyshop so it will generate the downloads folder?"

There are a few other issues mentioned in that thread that may also help.

Sorry I don't have Windows 7, but I have been Googling your problem to death as it's annoying me. Probably not as much as it's annoying you, though...

Yes, you will always see 2 EA Games folders when accessing your documents through the Library. http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=391951


Are you saying though that you can't see access any of of your saved games or custom content? 

What operating system do you have?
Do you have the correct permissions to create a new folder?

I've had heaps of kids in the past with Grimmy, that's not a problem. The challenge is in conceiving them naturally, rather by artificial insemination.

@ Rock Justice: Thanks for the vote of confidence 

@ Hammy: next you'll be wanting to woohoo with Mrs. Crumplebottom.

There was an amazing Wickednouk Steampunk Aspiration Set a few years ago which you can find here: http://www.wickednoukfamily.com/forums/index.php?topic=1018.0

And the GOS January project was Steampunk http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=16270.0

I am still looking for the gramophone, but hopefully you'll find some Steampunk gems that will be useful to you in the above.

Edit: found working gramophone http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=239827 (maybe you didn't spell gramophone correctly when you were searching?   )

and also records here (FT required) http://wickedsims.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=e8u4cf7lu53n5s1ofaql4s03e1&topic=2953.msg11391#msg11391

Oh, I see.

You've got me curious now though too. What if you made him selectable, would he hang around longer? Could he actually be lured into the Swinger's Bed? Do I want to risk my game turning into a BFBVFS to find out???   

Well rumour has long had it that Nervous Subject is the love child of Olive Spector and Grimmy...

I've used the Insimenator *UNSUPPORTED* many times to have Sims have chidren by the Grim Reaper. As for woohooing with him...I'm sure it could be done with the use of hacks such as Lizzlove's Swinger's Bed http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=63697
BTW, what details does it give when you right-click on that particular want?

Yeah, GOS: http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=10808.0

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=8800.0

 
Right on, Nonni! I'm sure the new lot will be twice as spectacular as the original one!

Sometimes lots/houses just become corrupted for no apparent reason. It totally sucks, and I feel your pain, but in my case the only solution has been to go outside, scream for 30 seconds, then come back inside and bulldoze and start again.

It seems to be an inventory glitch, does it not? I'm thinking that I've probably never had the problem with painted portraits because I can't recall ever putting painted portraits in my Sims' inventories.

It has happened to me with photobooth pictures, but not painted portraits.
Very recently I had a Sim move house, and a photo in their inventory was black when they took it out. It was very sad in that case as well because the other Sim in the photo had died.
I just assumed it was a game glitch. It has never happened to me with the pictures taken with the luminous pro camera that came with Seasons. Only with photobooth pics stored in their inventories.
I have several camera mods installed so that might be a cause. I have no idea, really. Sorry. 

I might be on completely the wrong track here, but I'm wondering if what you are referring to is a 'Celebrity Sim' that you downloaded from modthesims. (I've noticed that new players often refer to anything they download from modthesims as 'mods'- because of the site's name, I suppose)
If this is the case, it will be in a file format called a sims2pack. These types of files you need to double-click on to install. If all goes well you should then get a message saying 'the content has been installed'.
Now you should make sure also that custom content is enabled in your game, and also you need to look for your celebrity Sim in Create-a -Family/ Create-a-Sim (CAS) after you have loaded your game. There is a special custom button to click on to find your downloaded Sims.
For example, if you downloaded an Angelina Jolie sim, you would need to go to the CAS screen then click on female adult sims and then click on the custom icon. She should show up there.

Okay here are the ones I was thinking of:



If that's them you can grab them here: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=265848

Still no luck...I'l  have a look in my game when I get home from work...in about 7 hours....