Does anyone know how to merge game folders back into one so that everything collectively works together again? My damn computer stupidly separated my Sims 2 folders on me after a hasty disk cleanup, and despite everything showing up, now only half my downloads etc are working in the game...so frustrated.

I'm on an ASUS laptop and my OS (annoyingly enough) is Windows 7. Any help appreciated.

I'm not at all clear on what has happened. Which folders for a start? Game folders or the ones in My Documents?

The folders in my documents. They split into two parts, one bringing with it neighbourhoods etc and one remaining with downloads etc as they were. I put them all back into one folder and noticed first that I'd lost my custom lots and neighbourhoods even though the lots are still showing up in the downloads folder. Also only certain downloads are now showing up like hairstyles etc, whilst furnishings are nowhere to be seen...baffling!!

The folders in My Documents split into two? Somtimes the game makes an extra folder but it's usually empty (and you can delete it). You could try taking out both sets of folders and letting the game generate a whole new set by running it. You could then put your CC and neighbourhoods back into the new set. (Use copies, just in case).