Sims 3 Launcher works randomly after últimate fix, was not working before

Custom Content management for The Sims 3 has become a challenge. There
are literally multiple gigabytes of custom content available for the
game. This introduces a couple of issues to the game that plague
players.

• Game Lag : When you have more than about 200 custom
  content files, the game begins to slow down noticeably. This is a
  limitation of the way modern computer operating systems work, not an
  issue with the game itself.
  
• Organization : What do you do if you
  decide you don’t want a particular custom object anymore? How do you
  find it? What if you just want to disable it temporarily while testing
  another similar object? With thousands of CC files, it can be very
  difficult to track down any specific CC item.
  

CC Magic is a way to conquer both of these issues. CC Magic allows you
to organize your custom content into a hierarchy of “sets” much like
file folders, thereby allowing you to find and manage your CC however
you wish. Unlike using file folders to manage your package files, CC
Magic knows what those files contain and can show you information from
the packages to help identify them. For example, for most items it can
show you a thumbnail of the item as well as a name and description.

Once you use CC Magic to organize your content files into sets, it goes
one step further by eliminating the large file count lag issue. Each
set you create is consolidated into a single package file (or a very few
files, each file is limited to 1GB by operating system requirements),
no matter how many individual packages you may have installed in the
set.

In addition to these core features, there are also features such as collection support for those with patch
1.26 or later (or Pets EP), and a configuration tool that allows you to
keep multiple configurations of sets and activate them with a simple
drop down menu.

Supported File Types

• Sims3Pack files can be processed as long as the are not Sims Store (encrypted) files
  
• Package files can be processed
  
• sim files (saved sims) can be partially processed (the are always installed)
  
• world files cannot be processed and must still be installed using the EA Launcher
  
• lot files (both empty and inhabited] can be partially processed (the are always installed)
  

Dracos66 wrote:The launcher has always been buggy, even with "un-cracked" games. There is a better solution for installing your Sims3pack files called CC Magic http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=461888

From the creator of CC Magic:

Custom Content management for The Sims 3 has become a challenge. There
are literally multiple gigabytes of custom content available for the
game. This introduces a couple of issues to the game that plague
players.

• Game Lag : When you have more than about 200 custom
  content files, the game begins to slow down noticeably. This is a
  limitation of the way modern computer operating systems work, not an
  issue with the game itself.
  
• Organization : What do you do if you
  decide you don’t want a particular custom object anymore? How do you
  find it? What if you just want to disable it temporarily while testing
  another similar object? With thousands of CC files, it can be very
  difficult to track down any specific CC item.
  

CC Magic is a way to conquer both of these issues. CC Magic allows you
to organize your custom content into a hierarchy of “sets” much like
file folders, thereby allowing you to find and manage your CC however
you wish. Unlike using file folders to manage your package files, CC
Magic knows what those files contain and can show you information from
the packages to help identify them. For example, for most items it can
show you a thumbnail of the item as well as a name and description.

Once you use CC Magic to organize your content files into sets, it goes
one step further by eliminating the large file count lag issue. Each
set you create is consolidated into a single package file (or a very few
files, each file is limited to 1GB by operating system requirements),
no matter how many individual packages you may have installed in the
set.

In addition to these core features, there are also features such as collection support for those with patch
1.26 or later (or Pets EP), and a configuration tool that allows you to
keep multiple configurations of sets and activate them with a simple
drop down menu.

Supported File Types

• Sims3Pack files can be processed as long as the are not Sims Store (encrypted) files
  
• Package files can be processed
  
• sim files (saved sims) can be partially processed (the are always installed)
  
• world files cannot be processed and must still be installed using the EA Launcher
  
• lot files (both empty and inhabited] can be partially processed (the are always installed)
  

I use this program every day for my Sims and it works great for all but the listed restrictions. Hopefully it will help you too.