I think I've caught the stupid
aspinL:
Okay I tried the empty recycle bin method, which didn't work. I though maybe it was my neighborhood, so I made a new one and went into CAS. But all the hair and eye were there too.
I am on a Vista.
Just now I went out and my game is installed in: C:\Users\Madi\Document\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3. Now when I originally installed this game I never specified where, just did the "Standard Install". I also went and looked in C:\Program Files and no Electronic Arts or The Sims 3 folders are there. But then I go into C:\Program Files x86 and there's an Electronic Arts folder with, whadyaknow, a The Sims 3 folder.. and inside? A Mods\Packages folder with a whole lotta crap in it. Other than a Mods folder there are folder called Caches, Game, GameData, Support, Thumbnails and a resource.cfg.
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Do I have my game installed in the wrong place?.. ::)
aspinL:
Quote from: jordi on 2009 October 18, 18:18:46
Fortunately the solution is so simple even a monkey could do it: do not do a standard/quick install, but a custom one, and point it at C:\Games\The Sims 3\ instead. This folder is not on the UAC blacklist and so can be modded without causing enough frustration to make you go postal.
This might be my lower-on-the-food-chain-then-a-monkey brain talking, but I currently do not have a "Games" folder in my C drive. It's just as simple to create one there, yes? Then which set of The Sims 3 files do I move there? There is a set in Program Files x86 and one in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3. Program files set has other than a Mods folder; Caches, Game, GameData, Support, Thumbnails and a resource.cfg. And the Documents set has all my Saves and cache files and Screenshots.
aspinL:
Okay, I think I got it. Now I'll just have to go through the hundreds of .package files and delete all those dang hairs I could never get out.
Thank you so much for your help :)
miaskywalker:
Quote from: death owner on 2009 October 18, 18:16:06
But then I go into C:\Program Files x86 and there's an Electronic Arts folder with, whadyaknow, a The Sims 3 folder.. and inside? A Mods\Packages folder with a whole lotta crap in it. Other than a Mods folder there are folder called Caches, Game, GameData, Support, Thumbnails and a resource.cfg.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and ask if you're running Vista x64. I had the same issue once I installed Vista 64; it installed to the Program Files x86 folder, and then Sims 3 didn't run properly. I ended up having to uninstall and reinstall (custom install, and tell it just Program Files, not Program Files x86) and now everything works properly.
You may have to do that, although I would suggest that if you already have games saved, back them up to a completely different place before doing the uninstall.
duppyraces:
To be honest, you really shouldn't have to reinstall anything and your current setup should work just fine if you have given yourself full admin rights. You were just trying to remove your mods from the users\documents Sims 3 folder area instead of the \program files (x86) one where they were actually located (and working quite nicely, much to your dismay). Same with awesomemod. Throw the awesomemod into \program files (x86)\electronic arts\sims 3\mods\packages instead of the users\documents area and see if that works for you.
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