Sim City 4 stopped booting up

[Naws 0]

I am running Sim City 4 Deluxe version on Windows 7 32 bit

The game has stopped booting up for no apparent reason. When I try to launch the shortcut, the game icon appears on the taskbar for a few seconds then dissapears and the game doesn't start.

It has been running fine for a few weeks before this problem suddenly started.

The game is patched to the latest version.

I am running on a i5 laptop with an intel hd 3000

Any ideas what is causing this problem?

[whrm33 2]

I am running Sim City 4 Deluxe version on Windows 7 32 bit

The game has stopped booting up for no apparent reason. When I try to launch the shortcut, the game icon appears on the taskbar for a few seconds then dissapears and the game doesn't start.

It has been running fine for a few weeks before this problem suddenly started.

The game is patched to the latest version.

I am running on a i5 laptop with an intel hd 3000

Any ideas what is causing this problem?

Is it still running? See if there is a simcity process running in task manager, sometimes (for me anyways) SimCity dosen't seem to quit.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

You may have a zombie process. Open the task manager and if it is there, kill it. Failing that, boot your machine.

[Naws 0]

Is it still running? See if there is a simcity process running in task manager, sometimes (for me anyways) SimCity dosen't seem to quit.

You may have a zombie process. Open the task manager and if it is there, kill it. Failing that, boot your machine.

I have restarted the computer several times since then so that's not the problem

[lhrob 213]

Run a virus scan and defrag your system. Also, try running the game in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) mode.

[IAMSHOO 3]

Have you tried going into the programs folder and running it from there?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Run a virus scan and defrag your system. Also, try running the game in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) mode.

Yes! This is probably a good idea. Run disk cleanup while you are at it.

[Naws 0]

Have you tried going into the programs folder and running it from there?

Run a virus scan and defrag your system. Also, try running the game in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) mode.

Yes! This is probably a good idea. Run disk cleanup while you are at it.

I tried this but still nothing happens when I try to run it.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the game. Back up your Regions and Plugins first.

[lhrob 213]

Try rolling your computer back to a System Restore point that was made before you started having trouble. It almost sounds like your registry has become corrupted, or like there's a file association problem. For as much as we like to think of this as simply a game, it is actually a computer program just like other programs.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Before you do anything drastic, try a cold boot. (That is, shut down, power off, power up)