Sims3Launcher has stopped working

[DrPepper1992]

System Information[/B]
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Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.090803-2339)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: GV447AA-ABA a6235x
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1753MB used, 4602MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 2400
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x94C3)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_94C3&SUBSYS_10411462&REV_00
Display Memory: 1522 MB
Dedicated Memory: 244 MB
Shared Memory: 1278 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: SyncMaster 226BW(Digital)
Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdva.cap,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64
Driver Version: 8.14.0010.0662 (English)
DDI Version: 10
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/29/2009 00:52:04, 3082752 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
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Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x94C3
SubSys ID: 0x10411462
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
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I am playing with The Sims 3 and the installation pack World Adventures. I doubt it is my system specs, as my game worked fine (with the expansion) up until yesterday when this crash began. I have tried a system restore, clearing my brower / cache, clearing cookies,checking my firewall, but nothing has worked. I've tried the TS3 website but their advice also did not help and I've tried to e-mail them but waiting 24 hours for every response is hardly efficient, and when I call them I end up waiting half an hour on hold just for the lady to tell me she can't help me. I've also cleared out all of the existing files and reinstalled the game 5 times and that didn't help. I also have no mods in my game.

Here is the error: http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj188/Helga_bones/SimsSS.jpg?t=1262476194

And I am playing with the most up to date patches.

[ellacharmed]

Known issue with the 1.8/2.3 patch.
Read sticky entitled "Launcher woes after installing patch 1.8/2.3? Look in here!", if you hadn't done.

[DrPepper1992]

"General/Other - Launcher woes after installing patch 1.8/2.3? Look in here!"

Okay this is really confusing. I was following the steps when I did this:

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj188/Helga_bones/Untitled.jpg?t=1262492249


and it saved like this not how it had in the picture:
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj188/Helga_bones/Untitledr.jpg?t=1262492155

It's probably my fault for not being able to follow instructions but I'm not that computer savvy I've spent hours trying to fix this thing :<

[ellacharmed]

I've prettied it up further with more and bigger pictures and edit it to include this info. Read the sticky again, please.

What you're seeing is Notepad appending the .txt file extension automatically. You need to do a "Save As" and then under the Save As type dropdown, select All Files, then click Save.

You might need to unhide the file extensions if you cannot see files with .cfg extension:
Open Windows Explorer, you can do this by opening up any folder or My Computer.
7/Vista: Click “Organize”, scroll down and click “Folder and search options”.
XP: Click “Tools”, scroll down and click “Folder options”.

Click the “View” tab. Scroll down until you see “Hide extensions for known file types”, un-check this line here by clicking on the check box.
Click “OK” and now your file extensions will now be shown and you can edit the filename.