"The Game Cannot Be Launched"

This error message has occured about 3 times in the three months that I've own my ipod classic. It only occurs when I click to play Klondike the solitare game. The message states: "This game cannot be launched. This may be the result of a full iPod. For more information, please visit http://apple.com/support/ipod" When this message happens, my screen freezes and I'm unable to click anything and usually the current song that is playing continues until the song ends and then no more music plays. This is a frustrating and annoying occurance. I'm just not sure if there is something more I can do. I've resetted the entire ipod back to factory settings once and I'm not sure if I should just go back to the apple store and see if they can fix it or exchange it.

Hi sassypalm,
I would suggest going through this iPod classic troubleshooting assistant:
iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
Cheers!
- Ari

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