SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

Hi, I just bought SimCity, installed origin and installed the game, but when I click on 'Play' button a popup window appear saying, "The game cannot find data files necessary to run. Reinstallatin maybe necessary. Error 1004"

Also when I open download status window in Origin it says 100% and "Installation complete", 268.32MB.

Re: SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

Same Problam, Same date. I get a black screen after with the cursor on it. but that dosen't do anything after sitting and watching it for a while It was working perfectly fine before I updated to patch 3.0. My friends can get on and I can't. It was working Perfectly up until the update. and i wish i'd made a back up and tried to ignore the update

Re: SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

Origin downloads the SimCity launcher which is 268MB. Then when you run this it downloads the rest of the game.

Try Uninstalling SimCity, close Origin then right click on Origin icon and select Run as Administrator. Then install SimCity again.

Re: SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

Done that. Still got that problam. I've run as admin. Run on a seperate user account. Still not working

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Re: SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

Hi, I tried to uninstalled the game, restart my laptop and did as u instructed. It works! Thanks alot!

20:24:30 Install Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\ 20:24:30 Install Locale: en_US 20:24:30 Initialized installation config. 20:24:30 CommandLine: install -locale en_US -installPath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\" -autologging -startmenuIcon=1 -desktopIcon=1 20:24:30 EAInstaller version: 3.4.1.0 20:24:30 OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 20:24:30 Data reader initialized. 20:24:30 Data reader config: LOCALE = en_US 20:24:30 Data reader config: INSTALL_LOCATION = C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\ 20:24:30 Data reader config: INSTALL_LOCATION_DOUBLE_BACKSLASH = C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity 20:24:30 Data reader config: CREATE_DESKTOP_ICON = 1 20:24:30 Data reader config: CREATE_STARTMENU_ICON = 1 20:24:30 Data reader config: 32BIT = 0 20:24:30 Data reader config: 64BIT = 1 20:24:30 Processing EAIN file 'C:\PROGRA~2\ORIGIN~1\SimCity\__INST~1\Touchup.dat '. 20:24:30 Installation registry missing. Game not yet installed. 20:24:30 (Config)Studio: Maxis 20:24:30 (Config)Game Name: SimCity 20:24:30 (Config)Display Game Name: SimCityв„ў 20:24:30 (Config)Updating ForceUninstallAllFiles to: 0 20:24:30 (Config)Updating ForceUninstallAllFiles to: 1 20:24:30 Start redistributables install phase 20:24:32 Installing DirectX 20:24:32 Launching process: Command: "C:\PROGRA~2\ORIGIN~1\SimCity\__INST~1\directx\red ist\dxsetup.exe" /silent Working directory: C:\PROGRA~2\ORIGIN~1\SimCity\__INST~1\directx\redi st\ 20:25:42 Process exited with exit code 0. 20:25:42 Successfully installed DirectX runtime. 20:25:42 x86 vc2008sp1 runtime already installed. 20:25:42 End of redistributables install phase 20:25:42 Setting up uninstall data ... 20:25:42 Installing GDF ... 20:25:42 Installing C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\GDFBinary_en_US.dll ... 20:25:42 Alternate GDF game name SimCityв„ў 20:25:42 IGameExplorer2 for windows 7 20:25:45 GameExplorerInstall returns 0 20:25:46 Successfully installed 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\GDFBinary_en_US.dll'. 20:25:46 Successfully installed GDF 20:25:46 Installing Firewall exception ... 20:25:46 Start Adding Application To Exception List 20:25:46 Successfully installed Firewall exception 20:25:46 Setting createDesktopShort switch ... 20:25:46 CREATE_DESKTOP_ICON is 1 20:25:46 Setting createDesktopShort switch ... 20:25:46 CREATE_STARTMENU_ICON is 1 20:25:46 Creating Desktop Shortcut ... 20:25:46 Creating desktop shortcut at: C:\Users\Public\Desktop 20:25:46 Without argument 20:25:46 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\SimCityв„ў.lnk 20:25:46 Creating Start Menu Shortcut ... 20:25:46 Creating start menu shortcut 'SimCityв„ў' at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў 20:25:46 Without argument 20:25:46 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў\SimCityв„ў.lnk 20:25:46 Creating start menu shortcut 'Technical Support' at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў 20:25:46 Without argument 20:25:46 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў\Technical Support.lnk 20:25:46 Creating start menu shortcut 'Read Me' at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў 20:25:46 Without argument 20:25:46 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў\Read Me.lnk 20:25:46 Creating start menu shortcut 'SimCityв„ў End User License Agreement' at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў 20:25:46 Without argument 20:25:46 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў\SimCityв„ў End User License Agreement.lnk 20:25:46 Creating start menu shortcut 'SimCityв„ў Recovery' at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў 20:25:47 With argument: 20:25:47 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SimCityв„ў\SimCityв„ў Recovery.lnk 20:25:47 Setting up registry ... 20:25:47 Calling touchup_SetUninstallRegKey 20:25:47 Creating shortcut 'Read Me' at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\Support 20:25:47 Without argument 20:25:47 Successfully created shortcut at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity\Support\Read Me.lnk 20:25:49 Installer finished with exit code: 0 20:25:49 Shutting down data reader.

Re: SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

PLEASE HELP US! I want to play the **bleep** game I paid $80 for!!

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Re: SimCity Error 1004 The game cannot find data files necessary to run.

3) Seriously, UAC has been around for almost 7 years now. It should be obvious enough now how to make apps that properly work against UAC.

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