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SIMs 3 & Expansion Packs Question: Is it safe to delete those "EA Help" Files found inside Support" Folders?

  • I recently installed the Showtime Expansion Pack for the SIMs 3 however my installation did not go so smoothly... Halfway through the installation an error message came up saying that the "sound_card.html." file on the installer disk seems to have been corrupted & that my DVD (the game installer) might be broken. I was kind of disappointed & a bit frustrated about it so I just ignored that one file & the installation finished without any other problems. I then ran & played the game for a while finding no repurcussions to the game so I closed of the application. Afterwards I browsed to where said file is supposed to be located which is C: > Program Files (x86) > Electronic Arts >The SIMs 3 Showtime > Support > EA Help > no (for Norwegian). Looking at the file I see that it is just some random HTML file with nothing on it (the file just loads up a blank screen on a web browser). I then started looking on other language variants (still on the EA Help sub folder) & I find out (from the eng-uk (UK English language) folder that the file should open up a small article talking about setting hardware acceleration on a sound card on your computer. But the corrupted file isn't loading said article written in Norwegian. Further inspection on other Expansion packs, Stuff packs & the Main SIMs 3 game led mo to the discovery that every EP, SP & the main game has copies of the contents on the EA Help files but on each EP, SP & the main game's folder. Now because each EP, SP & the main game has the same hep files I just copied the "working" "sound_card.html" from the main Norwegian help files folder to the one for Showtime & all is well... But this lead me to think that multiple copies of the same files feels so much of a waste.... so now comes my question for the day.... Seeing as each Expansion & stuff pack have EXACTLY the same EA help files (that are really not that much useful at all) I was wondering if it is safe to delete the copies for each EP & SP & just keep the ones on the main game folder to free up some space albeit it'd be just a hew MBs to be exact? Or will doing so will cause some problems in running/playing the game in the long run? I am considering having my installer disc replaced though if you guys are wondering :)

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    Yes you can delete these file and that is safe.But if you delete all that files if a problem happens it'll not able to show you detailed error and the answer to resolve that problem as you're deleted all help files! Deleting help files will not affect game experience!!

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Yes you can delete these file and that is safe.But if you delete all that files if a problem happens it'll not able to show you detailed error and the answer to resolve that problem as you're deleted all help files! Deleting help files will not affect game experience!!

Sangram Biswal

The program may or may not be corrupted. It may be that you haven't had to access a corrupted function. Your best bet is to uninstall, delete the program files folder for the game and re-install the program. If your disk is corrupt, then get a replacement first.

Mike

The program may or may not be corrupted. It may be that you haven't had to access a corrupted function. Your best bet is to uninstall, delete the program files folder for the game and re-install the program. If your disk is corrupt, then get a replacement first.

Mike

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