Forum:Installing Mods for Sims 2 help?

Hello, I am a random sims 2 player. I really want some fellow player advice on how to correctly install mods. I have tried to install a few mods off mod the sims, but nothing shows up in game meaning nothing has been installed. I have Winrar, and when I downloaded the mod files, I placed the already compressed files in a newly created downloads folder (with a capital D), but nothing is happening. The specific mods are mods which allow me to recolour the witch's cauldron off the sims 2 apartment life and one that stops new social class townies being created. Really could ask for some friendly help and advice please! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.18.17 (talk • contribs) 19:58, September 22, 2016‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~
 * You need to uncompress the files before the game can read them. If you have WinRAR, you can open the ZIP or RAR files with the program and use the "Extract" option, and extract the files to the Downloads folder. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 20:57, September 22, 2016 (UTC)

How do I uncompress files? Is it not working because the files are in the wrong form? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.18.17 (talk • contribs) 12:32, September 23, 2016‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~
 * To uncompress the files, do as I told you to do: Open the ZIP or RAR file using WinRAR, select the files inside, click "Extract", and then select your in-game Downloads folder, located at . For more information about compressed files, see Game_guide:Installing_custom_content; the game cannot read these files, so you must extract them. A very detailed guide to installing custom content (If you will excuse the snarky title) can be found here. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk  ·  Contributions ) 13:38, September 23, 2016 (UTC)

Hello again, I have opened the file with Winrar, selected the files inside, clicked extract to, and then into the downloads folder for sims 2, but still nothing is showing up? Could it be that windows ten does not allow this to work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.18.17 (talk • contribs) 17:24, September 24, 2016‎ (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~


 * I have Windows 10 and I can get custom content to show up in my game. Have you followed the guide on installing custom content here? And could you link to the mod that you're trying to install? — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 17:58, September 24, 2016 (UTC)


 * OP, have you enabled custom content in TS2? As for a "mod to make the witch cauldron recolorable", could that be this one? If so, I believe you will need the CEP in order for that to work. Dharden (talk) 19:07, September 25, 2016 (UTC)