Discussion + Poll: Sim Update IV (1.16.2.0)

Honestly perfect update, did the search for it via Microsoft Store, it downloaded and now I can’t even start my sim, clicking the “play” or “launch” buttons does nothing.

EDIT: Good thing I’m a good troubleshooter, if you encounter the same problem, repair the sim from the programs tab on your windows settings, if it doesn’t work, or, like me, when clicking the “launch” button from the MS Store, redirects you to the Game Services app page, simply follow these steps:

Had the exact same problem, and this fixed it for me:

Update windows with all patches, then…

Reinstall the gaming services using the following steps:

1)Launch powershell as an administrator and enter “get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers”

2)In the same powershell window, enter “start ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9MWPM2CQNLHN”

3)Install the app on that page, including accepting the UAC prompt when shown.

4)Try launching the game again. Re-install the game if necessary.

If it asks for a reinstall, simply select the disk you installed the sim on, it’ll do a small download (if everything goes well) and it’ll launch the sim afterwards.

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