Problem starting the Sims 3 Launcher

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Ignore it - the Sims 3 launcher gets screwy every so often after they've patched it! Don't worry, they fix it eventually. Windows 7 in particular doesn't appear to like the launcher very much.

Always run your game directly from C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3.exe and avoid using the Launcher as much as possible. It's been screwed up from day one and both TSR & MTS have created alternative systems for launching the game from, but you don't need them.

If you need to upload a Sim or whatever into your game, double click on the Sims3Pack and let the game boot it up automatically. For some reason it seems to be less troublesome when you do this.

Are you needing to use the launcher to put the patches in, or to load up new Sims3Packs into your game? Remember that you now need that dumb Origin launcher in your system now as well for patches and the like, which is a separate download if you don't have it already.