"Game cannot be launched as a result of a full Ipod"?

I had my 80GB on shuffle, and while it was going I went to play solitaire. It's now frozen on a screen that says, "This came cannot be launched. This may be the result of a full iPod."
My iPod is about a quarter to a third of the way full, memory-wise.
None of the buttons change the screen, and I plugged it into my computer (which runs on Windows 7), but nothing was recognized.
Any ideas?

Hello there,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Have you tried a simple reset of the iPod? To do this, verify that the hold switch is not set to On, then press and hold the Center and Menu buttons together until the Apple logo appears. You may want to attempt this a few times if no luck the first.
Then also verify that the computer recognizes it.
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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