How to Get Sims 2 Downloads onto the Game
Winzip
The Sims Color Enable Package
Instructions
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Download the "Sims 2" items and save the files to your desktop.
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Go to the Mod the Sims website and download the "CEP" Color Enable Package. You must have this program to enable color changing of original Sims 2 items. If you do not, your new items will not appear in the game.
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Open the folder. This may require the files to be unzipped. Zipped files are files that are compressed into one folder. You can unzip files by using Winzip.
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Double click the file containing the items for your "Sims 2" game. The file folder will open. Minimize the open folder.
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Click "Start" and then open the "My Documents" folder.
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Open the folder "EA Games" then "The Sims 2."
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Open the folder labeled "Downloads." This is the folder where your downloaded items need to be placed to appear in your game.
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Maximize the folder containing the items you previously download and right click a file.
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Select "Cut" and then right click on an empty space in the "Downloads" folder.
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Select "Paste." This procedure transfers files from the file folder to the "Downloads" folder, thus the items will appear in your game.
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Tips & Warnings
If your computer does not contain a "Downloads" folder in the "Sims 2" folder you can create one. Right click an empty space in the "Sims 2" folder and select "New Folder." Name the new folder "Downloads."