The Sims™ 3

A guide to uninstall The Sims™ 3 from your computer

The Sims™ 3 is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Electronic Arts. You can find out more on Electronic Arts or check for application updates here. Click on http://www.TheSims3.com to get more details about The Sims™ 3 on Electronic Arts's website. The Sims™ 3 is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 directory, subject to the user's choice. You can remove The Sims™ 3 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\setup.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The Sims™ 3's primary file takes around 27.27 KB (27920 bytes) and is called Sims3Launcher.exe.

The executable files below are installed beside The Sims™ 3. They occupy about 85.49 MB (89640512 bytes) on disk.

• S3Launcher.exe (105.27 KB)
• Sims3Launcher.exe (27.27 KB)
• Sims3LauncherW.exe (1.33 MB)
• TS3.exe (28.77 KB)
• TS3W.exe (12.66 MB)
• TSLHelper.exe (53.27 KB)
• TS3.exe (7.20 MB)
• TS3EP01.exe (7.20 MB)
• TS3EP02.exe (7.21 MB)
• TS3EP03.exe (7.20 MB)
• TS3EP04.exe (7.20 MB)
• TS3SP01.exe (7.20 MB)
• TS3SP02.exe (7.20 MB)
• TS3SP03.exe (7.21 MB)
• TS3SP04.exe (7.29 MB)
• eadm-installer.exe (6.36 MB)

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This data is about The Sims™ 3 version 1.24.3 alone. Click on the links below for other The Sims™ 3 versions:

• 1.4.6
• 1.31.118
• 1.0.631
• 1.50.56
• 1.11.7
• 1.9.22
• 1.63.4
• 1.19.44
• 1.15.34
• 1.0.615
• 1.54.95
• 1.17.60
• 1.66.2
• 1.23.65
• 1.33.2
• 1.12.70
• 1.5.82
• 1.48.5
• 1.29.55
• 1.32.3
• 1.14.11
• 1.2.7
• 1.55.4
• 1.57.62
• 1.7.9
• 1.22.9
• 1.18.9
• 1.62.153
• 1.39.3
• 1.26.89
• 1.63.5
• 1.34.27
• 1.42.130
• 1.28.84
• 1.36.45
• 1.0.632
• 1.67.2
• 1.6.6
• 1.21.123
• 1.47.6
• 1.38.151
• 1.8.25

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If you're planning to uninstall The Sims™ 3 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ 3

The files below were left behind on your disk by The Sims™ 3's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Caches\Sunset Valley.objectCache
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Caches\TCC_Version.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\bin\cs-CZ\Sims3Launcher.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\bin\da-DK\Sims3Launcher.resources.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Sims3Launcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Sims3Launcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3W.exe.ApplicationCompany

How to uninstall The Sims™ 3 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

The Sims™ 3 is a program offered by Electronic Arts. Frequently, users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK action to uninstall The Sims™ 3 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find The Sims™ 3 or simply activate the Search field and type in "The Sims™ 3". The The Sims™ 3 application will be found automatically. After you click The Sims™ 3 in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about The Sims™ 3, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for The Sims™ 3:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.TheSims3.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\setup.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove The Sims™ 3.


8. After uninstalling The Sims™ 3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong The Sims™ 3 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling The Sims™ 3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall The Sims™ 3 by Electronic Arts from your PC, we are not saying that The Sims™ 3 by Electronic Arts is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall The Sims™ 3 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.