If you close the game on full screen mode, the next time you play it, it will crash. You will have to do this EVERY TIME or the game will crash. If you want to play in full screen mode, you will have to open in windowed mode after changing the registry as detailed above, then open full screen mode, play, then change back to windowed mode before exiting. This is the ONLY thing I've found that continually works. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SteamPopCap\PlantsVsZombies (or Zuma, or Bejeweled, or whatever game you are currently having problems with)ĭouble click to open the ScreenMode file and change ScreenMode to 0 Publisher: PopCap Games, Inc., Electronic Arts. Sign in to your Steam account to review purchases, account status, and get personalized help. Type 'regedit' into the Windows run bar or the search bar that appears when you click on Start in Windows Home > Games and Applications > Zuma Deluxe > Gameplay or technical issue. The work-around I've found that works: (thanks to Prophet) To reiterate: This IS NOT a PopCap problem. Here is a work-around until Steam decides that paying customers are imporant.
Most PopCap games broke after the update yesterday.
