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How to fix error 1000 in Spore
By Wanderer
It took my luck long to find a solution for the crash of Spore at sartup.
I wasted much time for nothing, so that the same wont happen to you, i made this guide.
If you have a different solution which worked for you, feel free to post a comment or a link,will be added afterwards.
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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20 Jan, 2019 @ 10:36am
20 Jan, 2019 @ 10:37am
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Error 1000
For windows 7-It works
You get a crash at startup, "Spore not responding".
As it seems, the reason was a windows update, which somehow messed up with some files in Spore.
This solution may work for other games too, so feel free to try it out.

How to fix?:
1.Become admin of your pc,laptop(if you arent)
2.Go to "computer"
3.Select "organize" at the left at the corner(or whatever is written there, i have the german version so forgive if i am wrong),then folder and search-options.
4.Go to "view"
5.Scroll down until you see "hidden Datafile and folder"
6.Select the option below called something like "Show hidden data,folder and drives"
7.Select ok.
8.Now go to C:// User/ Program files (86x) /AppData/Roaming/Spore/Games and delete “game0.old“ file. You will loose all your safes, but at least the game is working now.

***"User" can change, it depends how many other accounts you have on your pc, select the one you are playing on.
My thanks & credits go to Freggi-Liz in Spore forums
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bugs-Technical-Issues/Spore-won-t-open-via-Steam/td-p/5122046

Do not trust the machine, it never deinstalls everything of an application as we would want it.
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7 Comments
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ticoxbox 18 Jan @ 7:36pm 
IT FIXED!!! I spent 2 months trying to find a solution!
Phsychic Friend Fredbear 15 Jan @ 3:39pm 
you will lose all your data
Phsychic Friend Fredbear 15 Jan @ 3:38pm 
Another way that should work is going into the %appdata% folder and in the roaming part delete the spore folder in it
ben 18 Sep, 2023 @ 7:01am 
yeah spore is f***** cuz of ea still good game tho
bigzthegreat 8 Dec, 2020 @ 1:05pm 
that was a pretty long time ago though, and I eventually just got a new pc
Wanderer  [author] 8 Dec, 2020 @ 11:30am 
Yeah remember that aswell after that the S*** happened mestioned above.
If deinstalling doesnt work,the information can only be saved somewhere in your system.
yeah EA screwed up here,if you interact with a creature outside of missions in Galactic adventures your game is also mostly screwed up.
Hope the guide helped you.
bigzthegreat 8 Dec, 2020 @ 6:08am 
i remember when it always crashed when it started and then it worked and i tried saving and it broke.



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