text: how do i reset the neighborhoods in the sims 2? i want them to be just as they are when first installed, but without re-installing the game.  i have all the expansion packs and it takes a good long time to reinstall them.  shortcuts? to reset one neighborhood do the following (while the game is not running) open the following folders my documents/eagames/thesims2/neighborhoods now you want to find the neighborhood you wish to reset 001=pleasantview 002=strangetown 003 veronaville  delete the neighborhood you wish to reset and empty your recycle bin  now you are going to open up program files/eagames/the sims2/tsdata/res/userdata/neighborhoods (now again find the neighborhood that corresponds with the deleted neighborhood (001,002 or 003)  make a copy of that neighborhood and paste it back into my documents/ea games/the sims2/neighborhoods   now start up your game. you can also reset your entire game however you will lose all of your downloads (unless you place you downloads folder on you desktop) by opening up mydocuments/eagames/the sims2 delete the sims 2 folder. empty your recycle bin and start up your game. this will reset your game just as it had just been installed