Two EA Games folders

[timelycorruption]

I got a new hard drive the other day, wiped and put windows 7 on it, then installed Sims. An extra EA Games folder (with nothing in it) keeps appearing in my documents, in addition to the normal one. Whenever I delete it, it comes back. The game has been running fine, I just thought this was weird because I searched around and no one else seems to have had this happen with 7.

Also, I installed OFB, but none of the lots that usually come with it (the coffee shop, for example) aren't showing up in my bin.

[Mootilda]

I believe that you are seeing a "shared" and "unshared" version of the folder.  I remember seeing something about this on modthesims, but I don't have a link.  Nothing to worry about, just ignore the extra folder.  If you want, you can test this hypothesis by adding something to the folder and checking whether another computer on your network can see it.

You can copy the OFB lot bin lots from the DVD.  They are inside a file named compressed.zip.  You'll need to navigate to TSData\Res\UserData\LotCatalog within the zip file, then copy them to the same location in your C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Open For Business folder.

[timelycorruption]

I believe that you are seeing a "shared" and "unshared" version of the folder.  I remember seeing something about this on modthesims, but I don't have a link.  Nothing to worry about, just ignore the extra folder.  If you want, you can test this hypothesis by adding something to the folder and checking whether another computer on your network can see it.

You can copy the OFB lot bin lots from the DVD.  They are inside a file named compressed.zip.  You'll need to navigate to TSData\Res\UserData\LotCatalog within the zip file, then copy them to the same location in your C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Open For Business folder.

That's much less sinister than I thought. Thanks for the info.

Okay, sounds simple enough. Thanks again! 

[Ichigo]

Weird. I get the exact same thing, and after deleting it always regenerates. I suppose it's harmless.

[timelycorruption]

Weird. I get the exact same thing, and after deleting it always regenerates. I suppose it's harmless.

I guess it's just a quirk of 7, then.

To kill two (or three) birds with one thread, I've been having another problem since installing 7 - every time I try to screengrab something running full-screen, like sims, I get a screenshot of the desktop, or anything that appeared on the screen as soon as I minimized the full-screen program (like if I had my documents maximized, I get a screenshot of that). I can't seem find a sims-specific answer to this problem.

[witch]

Other people who have had problems taking pictures have sometimes had other programs that are bound to the printscreen key.

[HugeLunatic]

Windows 7 uses Libraries, so what you see is the public documents and my documents.  You can remove the public documents from that library if it confuses you.    In Library Right click Documents / Properties then remove the public documents folder.   As for the screenshots, try disabling desktop composition for the game.  Right click / Properties / Compatibility / for the .exe that you start the game with.  You may also want to disable themes.

[timelycorruption]

Windows 7 uses Libraries, so what you see is the public documents and my documents.  You can remove the public documents from that library if it confuses you.    In Library Right click Documents / Properties then remove the public documents folder.   As for the screenshots, try disabling desktop composition for the game.  Right click / Properties / Compatibility / for the .exe that you start the game with.  You may also want to disable themes.

Disabling those did the trick, thanks.