Well mine seems to be working fine also so I second that "Whew!"

I now have 2 Game Manager icons on my desk top though and both of them seem to be updated and usable. The old one has a + sign on it and the new one has a "start button" arrow. Is it safe to assume I can just put the old one in my trash?

Hi, Mad!

I just launched the Game Manager to see if I could find the Before and After pictures, and I'm getting the "Time to Update!" message again. Since I can do major damage when I'm tired, I'll try again tomorrow because I have no idea what went wrong . Murphy strikes again !

Susan

Good luck Susie07!

I’m on my iPad right now so can’t check to see if the Before and After pics. are still showing.

Will look next time I use my Win10 machine 🙂

(Hope all is well, Susie07 🤞)

No problem Mad!

One thing I noticed that I don't like is that the manager is opening up when I exit each game. I did not have that happen before. I guess I will have to create different .exe icons for each game.

It has always opened for me when I exit a game 🙄

What about anyone else ??

Hi, oldbroad and Mad!

Thanks! I was finally successful by downloading and installing the update from my Game Manager instead of the website, and everything seems to be working fine. I also have 2 Game Managers on my desktop but, since I don't want to tempt fate, I'm leaving the old one right where it is !

Susan

Mad and ob, open up the Game Manager and choose Options - then put a check mark next to "quick exit." That should fix things up for you. That option was available in the prior Game Manager, too.

I ended up with multiple icons on my desktop too. I decided to live on the edge and got rid of one of them.

Hi, Marian!

You are very brave because my old Game Manager is not going anywhere !

Thanks for the tip about putting a check mark next to "Quick Exit" in the new Game Manager. I just made the change.

Susan

You are welcome, Susan.

I have the old Game Manager backed up on an external drive.

Ah, Thank you, Marian! Check marked! I guess I must have done that before but didn't remember. There are some games that don't like to shut down properly (such as Pop Art games) and for those, I make a separate .exe shortcut.

Susan, I'm leaving the old one on my desktop also, for the time being

Glad to help, ob!

So has anyone seen the Before and After pictures ??

Hi, Mad!

If you click on "Find PC Games" at the top left side of the Game Manager, the four options underneath have big pictures, so I assume they are "After" .

I'm just hoping nothing goes wrong the next time I buy a game because the old Game Manager has been converted to the new Game Manager so I now have 2.

Susan

Not me, Mad, unless I just don't understand what you mean.

Susan, yes, same here. They are both the same which is why I assume I can get rid of one but still am not (yet).

This is the page where the "Before and After" pics. are :-

https://www.bigfishgames.com/us/en/...b19enauthgrandma_2025feb19startupoverlay

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And I deleted the old Game Manager icon from my desktop as soon as the new one appeared .... with no ill effects ....

LOL - none of that looks different to me! Thanks though for pointing it out!

Okay, I don't know if this "updated" game manager is the culprit here but I can't think of any other reason why a game that I've had installed and am halfway through playing, all of a sudden is not installed anymore???? And, I don't think it's just one of them. There are a couple that I'm trying to open but only the game manager opens. I've only checked this one game though so far and when I looked in "purchase history" it shows "download". I'm afraid to try the download. - I went ahead and downloaded it but it won't install/activate. It gives me an Error Code 1401. I AM NOT HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!

Edit: So the game manager was stuck with this game that wouldn't install or go away so I uninstalled the manager and tried to do the download from the site under my order history and the game manager installed again and it shows that my "recent activity" is troubleshooting the game. I first got an error 803200 and then it turned to a 900. I have looked at the Big Fish Error Codes and that has not been helpful so I have opened up a ticket.

This particular game is My Hobby Needlwork: Cat Town. Another one I've been playing that doesn't seem to be playable all of a sudden is Art by Number 16. One is from my 2nd account and one is from my 1st account. I have also noticed that the "sign out" takes two tries before it signs out.

I hope nobody else experiences these issues. I'm feeling about done with Big Fish but since I have almost 1300 games from them...

2nd Edit: I also can't seem to change what folder I want my downloads to go in. The default is C Drive Program Files X86 but I previously had them set to go to a D Drive file. It won't let me change it by typing in the box and the "browse" button doesn't let me change it either (though maybe I am just doing something wrong here)?

I am sorry I am ranting - I am just very upset at the moment!

3rd Edit: One more thing before I call it a night. I made a new .exe shortcut for the Art by Number game and IT works even though in the manager it does not show that it's installed (in my computer apps, it does). I wish I had tried that with the Needlework game before going through all this mess. BUT NOW, can you believe it? The game manager looked normal again (no recent activity message) so I tried the download/install one more time and this time it worked. I have now made a new shortcut for this game also and several others. I think I will go ahead and make new shortcuts for all of them, a few at a time. At least I'll be able to sleep now knowing it is fixed!

I am so sorry, ob - I would have been upset too. These Big Fish accounts are very important to us, both for the games and for the money we have invested in them, and I find myself getting upset if even one little thing starts to not work the way that it should because I worry that there will be more problems to come. I am sure glad it got sorted before you went to sleep.

The plot thickens! I just opened up my Malwarbytes and guess what - it had quarantined the two games and the manager. I've been playing Cat Town for months and the Art game for at least 2 weeks, so I don't know why they were all of a sudden quarantined. The new shortcuts seem to be working still this morning though.

I still didn't sleep well

That is interesting. I haven't had any behavior like that from Malwarebytes, at least not yet. Weird.

I hope it is not going to re-quarantine them now that I have them working again. I suppose I should run a scan and check it out instead of waiting but I don't want to get all riled up again just yet.

Edit: I should say quarantine them again as I did not "restore" them since they are now working.

Marian, do you know how to change the game download path? I'm not sure why I can't do it. Maybe I need to change something in my computer to show paths but I had and have all my game managers (BF/GOG/Steam) set to go to my D drive before so I'm not sure why I cannot change it in this new manager.

Another question if I may. What is the difference in signing in? I don't see any difference but BF claims it is changed and safer.

First of all, I don't see any difference in signing in either. Maybe the changes are behind the scenes?

One thing I noticed in the past few days was that I was signed out when I went to Big Fish when I had never signed out. Other than that, I haven't noticed anything that is really different.

You can change the game's download path in the Game Manager. Go to Options, then click on Downloads, and then you will see Game Installation Location at the bottom there as an option. Just remember to change it back afterwards if need be.

I haven't been signed out.

I have already tried doing that Marian, but the area is grayed out so I cannot just type a path and when I "browse" I also cannot seem to choose a path which is why I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

Maybe that feature isn't working yet? Not sure; I will look into it.

It's possible I could have been signed out due to a browser update, but I don't recall there being one around that time. I will wait and see if it happens again.

Okay, I just tried changing the download location and it worked for me.