Unable to start: Initialization error at start up [135dec40:984c6a38:00000077] Except that this might not actually be the problem. [SOLVED]

Me being the dumb person that I am uninstalled TS4 believing that reinstalling it would be simple and clean. I went to the control panel and uninstalled it.
A few days later, I ran the installer again, but when I did, I got the error that we see on the title. I tried many things to fix the issue including: reinstalling, applying the ultimate fix, not applying the ultimate fix, using another crack, applying the ultimate fix to said crack, deleting registry files, and  antivirus exceptions. Every attempt returned the same error which led me to believe that the problem was simply in the fact that I hadn't removed the game entirely.

That leaves the problem that I want help with.

How do I make it so that the computer is as though I never had the game installed in the first place so that I can install the game, and whatever problem with the crack that makes it think it needs origin or some update to run properly is gotten rid of?

Hi there,

Hmmm... Did you also use the Games4theworld version before getting this error?
If so, reinstall the Games4theworld version and then uninstall it using Your Uninstaller! Pro from www.games4theworld.org . Use the "Super Mode" and it'll remove all leftover files for you.
After that, restart your PC (!) and then reinstall the game again. Test it now.

Good luck!

Thank you so much! I'm so glad that it worked.



Mod edit: problem solved, topic closed. Feel free to open a new thread whenever you want to ask anything else.

- Carlos