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A way to uninstall The Sims™ 3 from your system

The Sims™ 3 is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Electronic Arts. More information about Electronic Arts can be found here. You can get more details about The Sims™ 3 at . Usually the The Sims™ 3 application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall 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 program's main executable file has a size of 105.27 KB (107792 bytes) on disk and is called S3Launcher.exe.

The following executables are contained in The Sims™ 3. They take 18.95 MB (19865744 bytes) on disk.

  • S3Launcher.exe (105.27 KB)
  • Sims3Launcher.exe (1.27 MB)
  • TS3.exe (11.16 MB)
  • TSLHelper.exe (53.27 KB)
  • eadm-installer.exe (6.36 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 1.9.22 of The Sims™ 3. You can find here a few links to other The Sims™ 3 versions:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

The files below were left behind on your disk by The Sims™ 3 when you uninstall it:
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games\The Sims™ 3.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\The Sims™ 3.lnk

Frequently the following registry data will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\LogFile
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\ModifyPath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\ProductGuid
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\UninstallString


A way to delete The Sims™ 3 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

The Sims™ 3 is a program marketed by Electronic Arts. Some users decide to remove this application. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best EASY manner to remove The Sims™ 3 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find The Sims™ 3 or simply click the Search field and type in "The Sims™ 3". If it exists on your system the The Sims™ 3 app will be found very quickly. After you select The Sims™ 3 in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about The Sims™ 3, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for The Sims™ 3:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.TheSims3.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{C05D8CDB-417D-4335-A38C-A0659EDFD6B8}\setup.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall The Sims™ 3.
Uninstall The Sims™ 3


8. After removing The Sims™ 3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of The Sims™ 3 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling The Sims™ 3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows Server 2003 (5.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall The Sims™ 3 by Electronic Arts from your computer, nor are we saying that The Sims™ 3 by Electronic Arts is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall The Sims™ 3 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-27 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-26 21:38:13.183