Ugh... Skins/meshes

[americanbeauty]

 OMG!! None of my downloads, ie, skins/meshes/cc are showing. I went to Warlokk's and d/l the CPU skins/meshes and followed all links from clothes and other skins that I wanted to d/l and then proceeded to d/l them. I made my Downloads file in the correct place and put them there. I then installed, unzipped, or used the .rar program to install them. Still I cannot figure out why they arent showing. Any help or advice is welcomed and appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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[Theraven]

Did you enable downloads ingame after installing, and restart the game afterward?

[americanbeauty]

Yes I did. I even removed all mods/skins/meshes redownloaded them and reinstalled them. I added all my games in case the items I was after needed a different EP. After I installed ALL EPs I then redownloaded and reinstalled the items. Nothing has changed.

[ancienthighway]

What is the complete path to where you installed them?

[Theraven]

You might find some useful tips in this step-to-step tutorial

[Cindra]

That has happened to me before. Especially after installing a new expansion and/or re installing the game completely.

My problem was solved by re downloading and installing Sims2Pack Installer and CEP.

You could give that a shot to see if it helps you as well.

[americanbeauty]

@ ancienthighway the path is:C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\DownLoads
@ cindra I installed both

There isnt any change yet, so Ill read and try again.

Well some of the items are showing up ingame. I guess my next chore is to take them all out and add them one by one so I can figure out which ones arent and why,lol.

[americanbeauty]

Forgot how to delete a post

[Engram]

Try Downloads instead of DownLoads. The game probably isn't reading the folder name since it's mis-spelled.

Forgot how to delete a post

There is a red cross with the word Remove next to it right next to the Modify option on the post.

[Paden]

Also, sometimes deleting your thumbnails folder can help, believe it or not.

[americanbeauty]

Thank you to everyone who gave me advice. You were all very helpful. I have now fixed my folders and found the missing files and meshes,lol. Thanks again everyone.

PS I just wanted to say that we have a very helpful and creative community and I am glad to have found good friends and nice people.