Glenrd, two suggestions that are in other comments - try changing the install location to other than the Program Files directory, and/or change the default shortcut to run the game.exe file (and/or perhaps change the compatibility settings for that file, as it's the one that actually runs the game itself.)

Min, Thanks. Tried these suggestions, +run as admin, playing with the dpi, installed with antivirus turned off, compatibility from win 7 to xp, etc- all the usual. Still the same. Looks like a fun game, but will uninstall.

Min, Just looked at my Mcafee. Keeps telling me it is blocking a suspicious incoming network connection. Same 2 IPs. Maybe that is the culprit.

Glenrd,

Hi Glenrd,
The TooMky Games installer includes a phone home software that redirects your browser to their home page. This is not malicious; it is there to earn TooMky Games and the developer of the game some money from the advertising that is seen on the home page and the initial opening when the game is booting up. The program is embedded in the TooMky installer and is never active unless you boot up the game. It does not add any malicious software to your system, (basically it's benign). This has become common practice with all of the sites that offer free games. in fact developers can earn far more money by giving their games away in this manner once the initial honeymoon period post-release is over.

TooMky Games explain the process on their home page via links at the bottom of the page (i.e. the 'end user license agreement' and 'terms of use')

If you are running any anti malware programs, any one of them may be blocking the game if they consider the TooMky Games installer a threat, (it's a false positive). I had a similar issue a few years ago, when I was unable to install any giveaway, both applications and games. After some weeks of trying to figure out what the problem was, I contacted Microsoft because I'd just replaced my mother board and wasn't sure if that has anything to do with it. A tech' guy linked to my computer and found the issue in less than a minute. I'd previously installed some anti-malware software (free via the giveaway site) that I'd then disabled (instead of deleting it). Somehow it had been re-enabled when I replaced my mother board. The thing is, I didn't know that it was enabled. The only clue was in the right context menu, but because my mouses right context menu is very long and part is always hidden unless I scroll, I never noticed it, so hadn't realized it was running. Once I disabled the program I was then able to download and install all giveaways. It may be you have something running in the back ground that is conflicting with the game installer.

When you next try, and if you get the same or similar issue, immediately check your event logs via the event viewer which you'll find in the Microsoft Management Console. Just type Event Viewer in the search filed via the Start Menu; that may give you a clue as to what the issue is (hopefully). You could also look through the programs running in the back ground via Task Manager to see if there is any potential application running that could be the culprit. I used to recommend installing Game Booster, which closes down any unnecessary system programs while you play games. If you tried that, and the game worked, you'd know that it was one of the programs temporarily closed and you could then by trial and error find the culprit. Game Booster is available free from the Razer site HERE

UPDATE: I noticed that when the game runs it creates a file in the game folder called console.log, so if it is installed in the Program Files folder, then 'Controlled Folder Access' could be blocking that. Compatibility mode might allow it to run too.

For these old games, I always recommend that you change the install folder to a folder that is not one of the Windows folders (Program Files, Documents, etc).

Fred,

Don't know if it helps, but it will run in a win10 Home 64-bit V/Box VM. If using the desktop shortcut it runs MagicPetals.exe, which opens a plain white window that seems to stall for a whole, then reports that the web page won't open, then proceeds. Running game.exe got rid of that, and in both cases the VM display briefly resized to a smaller window, then popped back to the normal 1024 x 768 size & the game seemed to run OK. That resize happened every time I ran the game.. Sysinternals Process Explorer shows it using OpenGL, DX9, Direct3D 11, Direct3D 10 to Direct3D 9 Translation. There is a configuration xml file that might give some display options -- C:\Users\ [UserName]\ AppData\ Roaming\ Adore Games\ Magic Petals\ common\

Alt-F4 does help!

Sunnie, 1st thing I would suggest is don't listen to the people above who have 1 problem, recieve no instant gratification, then quit. Right click on the shortcut and try the compatibility mode troubleshooter. Maybe if you set to it to run as if it was running on something older, Win 8 or 7, it may run fine. Or, if your running in a "User" account, in other words, a limited account, - which Microsoft has always recommended for greater protection - instead of an Administrator account, if you want the game bad enough, you might risk activating that setting in that troubleshooter. Since downloads here are well screened and have no viruses, there's really no risk. Or, it may be the Zip program that was used to unzip the initial dowload from GGOTD. Some recommend free program 7-Zip. As for me, I've never had problems with the unzip function built right into windows. If your using another program, you may want to try that. right click on the zipped folder and select Open With from the menu that pops up, and the n select Windows Explorer. It will say "Extract All Files in the blue area just above and to the left of the list of files.

As to the 2 comments that followed yours, I would agree. Nothing much there in either 1 of them.

Watcher13,

Thanks for the tips. I actually did do all these other things suggested and still have a blank screen with music, locks up computer. I did learn about Alt+F4! So at least I didn't have to reboot again. I have finally just uninstalled it. There are LOTS of games that are shared. Not getting one is okay with me, when it just doesn't seem to want to work quit right. I have found that games from Toomkey have more issues running than from other sites. Thanks again! :)