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- Windows 10 has no support for Safedisc, the DRM that The Sims 1 uses. This is why the launcher doesn't load when you put the disk in or try to run start.exe. And even if you run the game installer manually through the steps I provided above, the game still won't load after it's installed as Windows 10 blocks the Safedisc service from running.
- Because of these compatibility issues, I wish they would put the Sims Complete Collection on Origin, and update it so it will run on Windows 8 and 10. (I had no trouble installing Sims Complete Collection on Windows 7 when running as administrator and running in compatibility for Windows XP SP3.).
- I finally decided to bust out and install my original Sims Collection on Windows 10, and boy was I in for a brutal night. Due to a complex technical issue I know nothing about, it has become nearly impossible to play older games like The Sims on Windows 10. After about 3 hours of trying random.
- Oct 18, 2015 Thank you for being a part of Windows 10 family. As you are using the disc to install the game on your computer, this wont help you install the game in compatibility mode. The only option here is to get a new set of discs that is compatible with Windows 10. Or else you may get the setup file and then install it in compatibility mode.
- How do I patch Sims so it runs on Windows 10? Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Im not allowed to post any links about this, but i suggest using google, and search for 'THE SIMS 1 Windows 10 patch'. A couple years ago, someone posted a.
I finally decided to bust out and install my original Sims Collection on Windows 10, and boy was I in for a brutal night. Due to a complex technical issue I know nothing about, it has become nearly impossible to play older games like The Sims on Windows 10.
After about 3 hours of trying random “fixes” found online, it was bits and pieces from here and there that ended up making the game work for me. In this post I will detail the steps I took to get my game working nicely, so hopefully it works for you too!
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The Sims Patch For Windows 10
❗ WARNING: I have not played long enough to know if there are any issues or other types of problems post-fix. I’ve messed around in game for a few hours and everything seems to be working great on my end. User experience may vary.
❗ NOTE: The instructions in this tutorial worked on my two PC’s, but may not work for you. There is no guarantee that you’ll be able to play the game.
❗ NOTE: I installed The Sims Complete Collection, so this tutorial may only work for this game and no other. However, other players have reported success with individual discs, The Sims Deluxe, Double Deluxe, and Mega Deluxe.
If you have been hit with the dreaded “Please login with administrator privileges and try again” error message, this tutorial will help you bypass it in order to play.
Install and Play The Sims on Windows 10
- Install all discs included with the game version you own.
- Go to C: > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > The Sims. Once you open the final folder, scroll all the way down to the bottom and find the Sims.exe file. Right click the icon and select “Rename”. Rename the file Sims.old (I left it as is in this folder going forward)
- Download this file from YouTuber SariaFan93 if not for them, I would have never found the correct link to this patch.
- Move the Sims.exe file you just download from the above link into C: > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > The Sims. If for some reason you are not able to move it in there, download the file again, move it in, and rename it to Sims.exe.
- Right click the Sims.exe file you just added to The Sims folder and add a shortcut to your Desktop. This allows for easy access and startup.
- Right click the shortcut on your desktop and click the “Compatibility” tab. From there, click on “Change settings for all users” at the bottom. When the screen pops up, select the first drop down box under “Compatibility Mode” and choose Windows 7. Also be sure that “Run this program as an Administrator” is selected as well!
- Select “Apply” and then “Ok”. This will bring you back to the first screen. Now, select the “Shortcut” tab to the left. In the “Target” section, paste the following at the end of the text: -w -r1024x768 This will enable windowed mode and the larger resolution.
HUGE THANKS to WinMacSims3 for this tip!
❗ If you run into any issues with this section of the tutorial, and your game does not load up in full screen, check out the suggestions and helpful tips in this thread.
“You can also run the game using the Run prompt (Windows Key + R). The first runs it in 1024×768, second is windowed at 800×600, and third is windowed at 1024×768
Sims.exe -r1024x768
Sims.exe -w
Sims.exe -w -r1024x768″
Sims.exe -w
Sims.exe -w -r1024x768″
You can also paste the 3 alphanumeric prompts in the “Target” box too.
- Once again, click “Apply” and “Ok” to close this box. Now at this point you should be able to start up the game and play on your screen (test this to make sure). The one issue with this configuration is that the it causes the UI to break.
- The next part of this tutorial requires you to install a UI Fix so that you can play without the headaches causes by the broken UI. Head over to this link and download the altered UIGraphics Folder provided by reddit user Albuph. This will fix the UI bugs.
- Once you download this folder, you will need to merge it with the existing UIGraphics folder. Go to C: > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > The Sims and open the existing UIGraphics folder. Move the contends of the altered UIGraphics file you downloaded into this folder. Your UIGraphics folder should now contain 4 new folders inside.
❗ If for some reason you have an issue with full screen not working, see the following suggestion by SimsVIP reader Isabelle.
I had huge troubles getting the game to go into full screen mode. It turned out that since my computer has both a NVIDIA and an Intel graphics card the Intel card tells the game to keep the ratio (1024×768). I used -r1024x768 in the “Target” area.
I right clicked on the desktop and clicked on the Intel graphic settings, I then clicked on “Monitor” and changed the “Scaling” from “Keep ratio” to “Scale to full screen”. Now it works! My computer is in Swedish so everything may not be called as I’ve called it above. I hope this will help!
Original Sims For Windows 10
That’s it! At this point, use the shortcut on your desktop to start up the game. If a prompt comes up asking if you want to allow an “unknown” publisher to make changes to your account, select Yes and jump into the game!
Keep in mind that when you load up the game or visit new/different neighborhhods, the neighborhood screen will look small and seem a tad out of place. Once you select a home, move in a family, or zoom in, the game will go into full screen mode.
You may also have some excess grey or black borders on the outer edges of the screen, but again, that will go away once you zoom in.
This is everything I did in order to get the game to work on Windows 10. Like I said earlier, this may or may not necessarily work for you, but since it took me 3 hours to even get this game to work, I wanted to share in the event it helps you too!
FYI: I am using Windows 10 Pro. For information on my PC specs, see here.
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- Update: I've have discovered the problem.
More Information can be found about it here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/games_windows_10/secdrvsys-not-loading-in-windows-10-this-will/65a6fe83-08df-4760-b2ad-6b1ce61d40d4?auth=1
The only solution seems to be either finding a digital copy (not possible with Sims) or modding the game to not use the disc. Currently looking for a mod to do this from a trustworthy website... - Am I the only one having issues getting the original Sims working on Windows 10?
The game installs fine, but whenever I try to start it up I get an error message that says 'Access Denied: Please login with administrator permissions and try again'. The obvious solution of right clicking the game's icon and selecting 'Run as administrator' gets rid of the error message, but then the game just doesn't start up at all.
I've also tried running it in compatibility mode multiple times and that didn't help. I'm also having this issue with another old game made around the same time, so I'm wondering if it's related.
Same here...hopefully Microsoft will have a fix for this soon - Installing the mod that bypasses the 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. - Thanks I just bought the complete collection on amazon and this will help when I upgrade to Windows 10.Formerly known as Simasaurus09
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S4 simblr: http://simlogic.tumblr.com/ - edited August 2015Hi! This works perfectly but seems to be 800x600, is there any way you can get it to run 1024x768 instead? (I play on windowed mode.)
Edit:Fixed, for anyone else interested, just add -r1024x768 to the target link on the properties tab :) - Oh my goodness. It worked I now have sims1 back. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Now if I can only get sims 2 and three to work. This is awesome thank you so very very much.
Your Simmy friend,
Winterloc - edited August 2015Just an update to using this link. I have two sims 1 games meaning all cds installed meaning I have two same game but two different play set ups. I got one to work but it was really an earlier install and play of the game. I have tons of mods but I am not sure now how to install them into this older game play.
In my second game install I tried this fix but it did not work. That is where I have my newer install. I have all the mods installed there and that was the game I was really playing. I do not know how I actually did that a while back but I never could get the older game to play. Now I am playing the older game and it works fine. I would like to do this fix to the other game.
I hope I have made sense here. I am going to give this ago again today. I just downloaded the fix again.
Thank you so much PlumbBob_Theif. Without this fix I would not be playing any sims games. At present I can only play sims 1
Your simmy friend,
Winterloc - I got it running, but then I was stuck. First, it was generating old town, then celebrity sims, then those fans, and then magic town, and all over again. Those never ended. I went back to Windows 7, and that problem was gone.You can never discover The Sims games 100%. Even when you think you know everything, the game manages to surprise you.
That's why I do experiments in the game from time to time and tutorial videos on YouTube. - edited August 2015Thank you so much for posting this. I was so bummed when I couldn't get it to run. Thanks for making my day!
- I got it running, but then I was stuck. First, it was generating old town, then celebrity sims, then those fans, and then magic town, and all over again. Those never ended.
This is what happened in my game as well. - > @EgonVM said:
> I got it running, but then I was stuck. First, it was generating old town, then celebrity sims, then those fans, and then magic town, and all over again. Those never ended. I went back to Windows 7, and that problem was gone.
I had the same problem. Running it as administrator cleared this one up for me. - Anybody try virtual machine? I do not want to use it if it will hurt my machine
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> Hi! This works perfectly but seems to be 800x600, is there any way you can get it to run 1024x768 instead? (I play on windowed mode.)
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What does this mean? - Is there something similar for The Sims Creator?
- You have a good chance of getting the ultimate collection through EA customer support. Just back up your neighborhoods and cc and stuff and get that shiny plopped into your origin account.---> Afterlife Game Pack Idea - improved ghosts, cemeteries and funerals, psychics, new skills, new career and more! <------> Burglary Stuff Pack Idea - Burglars, alarm systems, and diamonds to steal!<---
They are talking about The Sims 1.You have a good chance of getting the ultimate collection through EA customer support. Just back up your neighborhoods and cc and stuff and get that shiny plopped into your origin account.
If you right-click on The Sims 1 shortcut and choose 'properties', a menu will popup and there will be a textbox labeled 'Target.' If you add -r1024x768 to the end of the textbox, your game will run at a higher resolution.> @Bennehz said:
> Hi! This works perfectly but seems to be 800x600, is there any way you can get it to run 1024x768 instead? (I play on windowed mode.)
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What does this mean?
OH okay, nevermind me then.
They are talking about The Sims 1.You have a good chance of getting the ultimate collection through EA customer support. Just back up your neighborhoods and cc and stuff and get that shiny plopped into your origin account.---> Afterlife Game Pack Idea - improved ghosts, cemeteries and funerals, psychics, new skills, new career and more! <------> Burglary Stuff Pack Idea - Burglars, alarm systems, and diamonds to steal!<---- edited September 2015> @canitbeman said:
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Thank you so much for this fix! I got the 800 to work, but not the 1024. I currently have windows 10, but I don't have a shortcut tab in my properties menu. Does anyone know of a workaround? - edited October 2015[quote='SookieTawdry;14084242']> @canitbeman said:
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Thank you so much for this fix! I got the 800 to work, but not the 1024. I currently have windows 10, but I don't have a shortcut tab in my properties menu. Does anyone know of a workaround? [/quote]
I had this problem too. It's because we tried to open the properties of the actual application. Create a shortcut first on your desktop and you'll get that shortcut tab when you try from there! - I tried the download that was posted further up, the modified sims thing but it said it could not find the data or something.. I am about to accept the fact I just wasted money :(
- Will this work with the Sims 2 on a Windows 8 laptop?The Marcano Family(TS3)
forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/808186/the-marcano-family-ts3
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This thread is about Sims 1. For Sims 2, try running it in Win XP SP3 compatibility mode, and be sure to run it as an administrator.Will this work with the Sims 2 on a Windows 8 laptop?- edited December 2015Because of these compatibility issues, I wish they would put the Sims Complete Collection on Origin, and update it so it will run on Windows 8 and 10. (I had no trouble installing Sims Complete Collection on Windows 7 when running as administrator and running in compatibility for Windows XP SP3.) By the way, the no-cd mod for Sims 1 doesn't work unless you have the game installed, and the only reliable way to install the game is to own the cd set. I also wish they would put the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection back on Origin. I just got a new Windows 10 computer, and I have Sims 2 Store Edition on Origin, but that requires Sims 2 to first be installed. Also, with Sims 2 Store edition, the fraternity in SimState University household won't load.
- I want to thank the individual that made this patch. Because of this, i can now play sims 1 again. I was very depressed for quite awhile that i could no longer play sims 1, even made worse by the fact that i was forced to get windows 10 and not my choice. Luckily, this patch works wonders, and to tell others about it, i posted it on here:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-The-Sims-Games/The-sims-1-on-Windows-10-please-sticky-this/m-p/5024650#M398
BTW, anyone who knows me on here, i apologize for the long absence. Many bad things and depression in real life has hit me. I don't wish to upset people, but i have now little time to play games, so i try my best to do it when i can. Thanks for understanding.Completed: All worlds
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