How To Install Sims On Windows 8

I recently decided to install all my old The Sims i games on my new laptop.

They seemed to install quite happily but when I tried to run the game, it would crash directly away.

After spending a lot of time searching for aid, the only advice I could find was to:

run the game as administrator
use windows compatibility mode

None of which worked for me. 🙁

Not one to requite upwardly easily when I've set my mind to something, I spent a lot time uninstalling, reinstalling, complaining, brandishing-a-screwdriver-at-my-laptop-in-a-simlike-menacing-fashion… until FINALLY something worked! I'm non quite sure what that something was, but let me talk you through the steps I took, and hopefully it will work for yous likewise! ^.^

First make sure any old installation attempts are completely removed! Showtime, uninstall whatever old sims 1 games using the windows control panel. Then open up your files with Explorer and remove all traces of the game from C: Program Files and Program Files (x86). I just deleted the whole Maxis folder, simply be careful you don't accidentally delete any other Maxis games that might share the file.
At this point it might be a proficient thought to restart your computer, simply to keep things tidy.
Pop the base game disk into the drive but DON'T permit information technology auto-run. Cancel out anything that pops upward. Now, using Explorer, click on the disk, open the 'Gear up-up' file and double-click the file 'Setup_English' to run it (I judge you could choose any language).
The installation procedure should have started. Follow the instructions Simply when it asks you to choose a location, change it from 'Program Files (x86)' to 'Program Files'. Then it will have the destination 'C/Program Files/Maxis' (I just deleted the '(x86)' bit).
You tin can follow the installation equally normal. You don't need to annals the game, you can cull 'annals afterward'.
Once everything is installed, DON'T apply the launcher to run the game. Instead, open the newly installed Maxis folder (which should be in C/Program Files). Open the 'The Sims' folder and find the application file only called 'Sims' (for me it has a blue octagon shaped icon). Right-click the icon and cull 'Run as administrator'.

Hopefully your game should run!

I installed all the expansions in the aforementioned way, by ignoring the motorcar-run, and running the installation past finding the 'Setup_English' file instead. It seems to automatically follow the same destination equally the base game, so you lot don't need to worry about that. Just remember to avoid the launcher and run the 'Sims' awarding as administrator each time.

I observe that I can't jump between windows while playing: the game will either freeze or the graphics will go all glitchy. And then once your playing you tin can't pause to tweet near Bella slapping Bob Newbie. But at to the lowest degree the game is quick to load and save!