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[okiedokieihooked]

i recently purchased a new computer with windows 7 and when i reinstalled my sims2 games and tried to place the cc again all package files show up as blank sheets of paper. i know that means windows does not know what to do with the files, but neither do i. you know i tried to get the geek squad to help since i have tech support and they messed things up royally...

[Audrey May]

I'm not sure if I understand the problem. It's normal for package files to show up as blank sheets of paper. All the package files in my TS2 downloads folder are blank sheets of paper.

[frisbud]

The blank sheet of paper does not mean that Windows does not know what to do with the file. It means that the file does not have a specialized icon given to it by a program on your computer. Sims2pack files have a specialized icon because that is how EA programmed the game. EA did not give package files a specialized icon though, so it gets the generic Windows icon.

[okiedokieihooked]

Oh! thank you! I thought because on my old computer the packagefiles did have something on them like a little diagram red and blue dots and i was looking for that here as well. i never got a chance to see if it worked i took it straight to the geek squad. and just to be sure im doing it right... is it c:/user/myname/documents/eagames/thesims2/downloads - i had to put my own folder

[frisbud]

The diagram with the red and blue dots is the generic icon that Windows XP uses. Microsoft changed the icon with later operating systems, so Windows 7 uses the blank piece of paper instead. And yes, they will go in the C:/User/myname/Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads folder

[okiedokieihooked]

Thank You Thank You ThaaaaaankYouuuuuu! I really appreciate your help i am so hooked . Yay!! i get to play.