I have a problem with starting Sims 3 via the Launcher for some reason.

It always says:

Unable to start game

Service initialization failed 0x024e424f



I have the following expansion packs:

Late Night
Lofts/Stuff
Generations
World Adventures
University

I also have about 20 houses installed as custom content.



My pc specs are as follows :

HP Notebook
Windows 10 Home Edition Version 1607, OS Build 14393.693
Processor: Intel Core i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70 GHz 2.40 GHz
RAM: 6.00 GB
System Type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Intel HD Graphics Card

I have tried deleting unnecessary cache files, getting rid of custom content to the bare minimum or necessary or even harmless like that which didn't seem to give Sims 3 a problem running. I even bought http://www.reimageplus.com/Reimage and cleaned up and repaired files on my computer, but to no avail. If anyone can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it...I'd hate to have to shell out more money. I feel like smacking my self silly for buying Reimage Repair when it didn't solve my problem. Squeaky clean hard drive but no Sims play

Hmmm.....I'll try installing the Super Patch first..If that doesn't work, I may have to reinstall, like you suggested.

Does anyone else have other suggestions?

Another common cause for this error is lack of drive space. Are things getting tight on the drive on which the game is running or on where your user game folder is?