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The file "steam.dll" is located under: C:/SteamLibary/

So, when you try to launch game directly you should get an error message that says something about "steam.dll" cannot be found. (So, that you can play in full screen again.) If you were using ShellyBean75's solution then just make sure that under the registry, ScreenMode is set back to 1. In case of Bookworm Deluxe, it's: C:/SteamLibary/steamapps/common/Bookworm Deluxe/ Some Steam games will work without Steam if you go to that game's folder and launch the game directly.Īll games by default are located: C:/SteamLibary/steamapps/common/ So, me and my BFF were doing some trial and error and we found out why Bookworm Deluxe (and probably all other PopCap games) won't work anymore. My Bookworm Deluxe experienced the very same problem after the recent Steam update.Įven though ShellyBean75's solution enables to play the Bookworm Deluxe in windowed mode and as described above, to play in full screen you have to edit the registry every time. 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 Type "regedit" into the Windows run bar or the search bar that appears when you click on Start in Windows

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.