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The only way that will completely remove hood corruption is to delete the entire neighborhood. You can either delete the hood in-game at the main menu, or by deleting the folder in My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\.
The only way that will completely remove hood corruption is to delete the entire neighborhood. You can either delete the hood in-game at the main menu, or by deleting the folder in My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\.


If it was a pre-made hood, you can reset it to the default state using [http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Reset_Neighborhoods this method]. '''Be sure to delete the old, corrupted neighborhood before placing the new one in''', otherwise you'll just corrupt it further.
If it was a pre-made hood, you can reset it to the default state using [[Game guide:Resetting the game without reinstalling it#The Sims 2|this method]]. '''Be sure to delete the old, corrupted neighborhood before placing the new one in''', otherwise you'll just corrupt it further.


The methods listed below can help reduce the risk of corruption, as well as provide options to fix it. Remember that most corruption is permanent - your neighborhood is essentially living on borrowed time. If you've become attached to the Sims in your hood, [[Game guide:How to extract the appearance of in-game Sims|extract their appearances]] so you can re-create them in CAS in your new neighborhood once the old dies. If your neighborhood is so badly corrupted that SimPE cannot open it, you may attempt to use the [http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=503733 SimRetriever] program.
The methods listed below can help reduce the risk of corruption, as well as provide options to fix it. Remember that most corruption is permanent - your neighborhood is essentially living on borrowed time. If you've become attached to the Sims in your hood, [[Game guide:How to extract the appearance of in-game Sims|extract their appearances]] so you can re-create them in CAS in your new neighborhood once the old dies. If your neighborhood is so badly corrupted that SimPE cannot open it, you may attempt to use the [http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=503733 SimRetriever] program.