Sims: House Party no-cd Crack help

[JasmineR]

I have found several no-cd crack files for House Party but for some reason they do not seem to work. They replace the .exe file but when I try to play they game a fatal error says "Could not find the Sims Data Directory" Could someone please tell me what I am possibly doing wrong because the Hot Date no-cd crack worked fine. Pre Thanks for any advice