Could Not Find The Sims Data Directory Error
Discussion Categories Discussions Activity Best Of... It's Patch Day for The Sims 4! Read all about what was added in the Patch Notes.NEW BLOG: The Sims 4 City Living: How we built San Myshuno could not find the sims data directory windows 7 in City Living Windows 10 players solutions for sims 1 :) mcrudd Posts: 4,062 sims 1 windows 10 Member October 2015 edited October 2015 in The Sims General Discussion [Deleted User] wrote: » Installing the mod that bypasses the sims 1 download disc and running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2 fixed the problem for me. A modified Sims.exe to do this can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvqSle1TbhCSGJETG1Ha3lEUUE/view?usp=sharing I have uploaded it to Google Drive, as the website I found it on was a bit sketchy. I scanned it with my anitvirus and it came up normal... Google Drive also scans anything you upload with it's antivirus, but regardless use at your own risk. Please note that this is not a link to a pirated version of the game, just a fixed Sims.exe that will allow the game to launch on Windows 10. I own the game and installed it on my computer via the installation disks. Obviously you will have to own the game too for this to work. Instructions on getting it working: 1.) Make sure you already have the game installed on your computer. 2.) Go to :C > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > Sims. Rename the Sims.exe to sims.old. Make sure you keep this file in case the new one doesn't work. 3.) Download the file and move the new Sims.exe to the same folder (:C > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > Sims). 4.) Launch, run the game in compatibility mode if necessary. 5.) If it works, enjoy. If not, remove the new Sims.exe and change the old one to it's original name. Good luck. Hopefully this helps anyone who's spent hours searching the internet trying to find a solution to this issue. All credit goes to this simmer here. It worked for me, I had each game installed up to making magic. I had to click on cancel everytime it told me to laod the disk the first few times but now my game loads no problem. Just a reminder if you don't play the game in full screen you will have t
OFFICIAL downloads can be found on www.games4theworld.org ! Please use the Forum for your problems at all times, or e-mail us: Games4theworld@hotmail.comPLEASE DO A GOOD SEARCH ON THE FORUM FIRST, BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING!Regarding The Sims 3, read this: http://goo.gl/EvV8E , and read this page if you run into any issues with The Sims 4: http://goo.gl/uVAjmGThank you! The sims complete collection start up problemsThe Official ® Games4theworld Downloads Forum::The Sims 3::The Sims 3 in-game SupportPage 1 of 1•Share• The sims complete collection start up problemsby*Isis* on Sun 30 Dec 2012, 14:26Hi everyone. A few days ago I downloaded the sims http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/859239/windows-10-players-solutions-for-sims-1 (1) complete collection. The download went fine but after installation the game didn't start. I alreadytried the following things:- Installing with help of the video and opening the .rar file with winrar and no other program- Running as administrator and setting compatibility to windows xp service pack 2 (also tried al the other compatibility options, just to be sure)- Completely erasing the game with http://games4theworld.bestgoo.com/t9398-the-sims-complete-collection-start-up-problems your uninstaller (downloaded from games4theworld) and the sims eraser. (BTW: I never installed any of the sims versions on my computer. I did this after the first failed attempt to start the game). Then reinstalling again and again...- Restarting the computer after different steps in the progress- Downloaded a different nocd crack from an other site- No other programs were running at the same time of starting the simsI've already tried everything I could find on this forum and on the internet but nothing seems to work. I will try to describe very precise what the problem is. After the download and installation, following the video, I change the combatibility to run as administrator and windows XP service pack 2 (see screenshots 1 and 2). Then I click on the sims icon to start the game. The screen goes black, with the blue loading circle in the center, and then goes back to my desktop. If I start the game by pressing the right mouse button on the sims icon and selecting "solve compatibility issues" (see screenshot 3) and using the "recommended settings" (see screenshot 4), then starting the pro
we highly recommend that you visit our Guide for New Members. sims data directory Discussion in 'Games' https://forums.techguy.org/threads/sims-data-directory.117494/ started by mikswmn31, Feb 7, 2003. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Advertisement mikswmn31 Thread Starter Joined: Feb 7, 2003 Messages: 157 I have download the orginal sims but everytime i click on the little blue family icon to start the game it returns with an error message saying the sims data directory canot be found . i dont undersdtand could not cause i can dwnload other things for the gme from the internet but i cant gt the orginal game to play. It is a copy of the game,and I am using windows me. can someone please help??? JoAnn mikswmn31, Feb 7, 2003 #1 Sponsor buckaroo Joined: Mar 25, 2001 Messages: 3,334 JoAnn, if what you have is an could not find (illegal) copy of the game, then you're probably out of luck. There's all sorts of copy protection on software these days to prevent pirating, so unless you know how to go out onto the web and find a "crack" to make the game play, I think you're stuck. There's other forums out there that assist in this kind of activity, but TSG isn't one of them. buckaroo, Feb 7, 2003 #2 mikswmn31 Thread Starter Joined: Feb 7, 2003 Messages: 157 Lol.... I threw out my burned copy and went and bought a new one from walmart lol but it still does the same thing cannot find data directory. could there be something wrong with my puter??? JoAnn mikswmn31, Feb 7, 2003 #3 buckaroo Joined: Mar 25, 2001 Messages: 3,334 Okay, now did you uninstall the previous version of Sims before you installed the new version? On Maxis web site this error is identified as occurring when installing the games out of order and/or not installing or uninstalling the games properly: http://eatech.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...platform=182&p_sort_by=dflt&p_group=&p_page=1 buckaroo, Feb 7, 2003 #4 mikswmn31