SIMS 3 launcher stopped working

Hi Alex, you seem like you know about these problems so here's my problem. On June, I bought the normal edition of The Sims 3. For the first 2 months it worked normal and properly. But since august, the game shuts down in every 5-6 mins so I stopped playing it. Last week when I tried again, I opened the Create page and It shuted itself again. I thought someting was wrong with my The Sims 3 CD so I bought the Collectors Edition of The Sims 3. Becouse I had the game I uninstalled it and reinstalled. And then when I tried to play the game, It said " The Sims 3 Launcher stopped working". I did the exact thing you said and opened the game without the launcher but the game shuts itself at the page before the family selecting page. Please help me and if I have a hardware problem like you said, how can I fix it? Please help me =)

I had the same problem....So what do we do to get the launcher working again?

i had sims 3 then I began to download custom content, and it worked for a long time but then I got one more piece of cc but now when I turn on my sims 3 it loads but then it closes what do I do? Ive already Uninstalled then reinstalled but my game dose the same thing every time... will it work if I buy a new one?

@ Melanie510. I would advise upgrading any drivers you have also try a direct x update. Also if the game worked when it was not updated try running it without the launcher to avoid having to update it.

@ Michael. Remove the custom content you think may be the problem and try again.

HOLY COW!!!! it worked the admin thing worked!!! I love you!!!

You Are A Life Saver!! It Worked!! I

You are AMAZING!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! Thank you so much! ^_^

Thank you !!!!! =D

you are so brill with this you just saved my LIFE thank you!!!!

Thanks :D

How do you run it without the launcher? Sorry im new to this. I played it alot and then I stopped playing it for a while. I played it again a week ago and when I tried to play it yesterday it said, "ERROR your base game is incompatible with the current sims 3 expansion pack. I had bought Ambitions and it worked fine until now. the launcher wont even load. I can't update it. I even tried what you said to do and it still won't work. Any suggestions???

if you play without a launcher will your stuff still be saved.

Thank you so much I tried everything but u solved it thanks again!

The game will not start without the launcher in any form