Solved: AVG2013 vs. SimCity 4 : Crash after Reinstall

[memo]

Yet another "My game crashes to Desktop"-thread - sorry for that, but I could need some help on this.

Today, after AVG2013 had updated, it moved "SimCity 4.exe" to virus vault. I tried to restore the Exe, and consequently the file disappeared from vault, but it did not reappear in the Apps folder, either. Another affected file was "~e5d141.tmp" (turns out to be a license verification).

I then uninstalled SimCity, keeping my regions, and reinstalled to the same default location. Now the main problem: Whenever I start the game, I see the bridge image for a millisecond, the screen turns black for about 30 seconds and the game crashes.

I know there are several reports of such a problem, but I could not determine the cause of the problem nevertheless.


My System configuration: Win7 Professional SP1, 32-bit.



SimCity 4 Deluxe Europe, retail version, no plugins.

This is the exception message:

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Exception time: 07/31/2013, at 22:58:08.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 4204 (0x0000106c).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe
Application/module version name: SimCity 4
Application/module version: 1.1.640.0
System version: Windows NT 6.1
System memory: 2048 Megabytes total, 920 Megabytes free.

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe.
Exception address: 0x005f4029. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x001ed029.

<< registers, loaded modules, stack and instruction data... >>


I tried to apply the patches (note the module version above), but I am not sure, if it has been successful because I got the patch error

Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was found. No update done since file contents do not match.

repeatedly. The Patchlog says "Old Files Invalid....... (   6)". Also note that, neither before, nor after applying the patches, the game would start.


I'd appreciate any help. Right now, I am totally stranded.

[memo]

Well, I have just sorted it out, and feel very stupid. It turned out I had forgotten to eject the start-up image during the installation process. Everything works fine now after another reinstall. Sorry for the trouble.