For future reference, when a new version is released, DO NOT update until after you have seen confirmation that it works. Gateway hooks into the Home Menu's functions to be able to do things like bring up the rom menu, and because of that, the hooks tend to be fairly fragile. Especially since Nintendo tends to change just enough to break things when they release updates. When a system update changes very little, though, it usually only takes a day or two for Gateway to release an update.
When you ARE updating, ALWAYS make a backup of your emuNand. The emuNand resides on a separate partition of your SD card, not in the filesystem visible through Windows.
Normal SD card: [[------- FAT32 partition --------]]
EmuNand SD card: [[emuNand] [-- FAT32 partition --]]
Windows will only show the FAT32 partition, because it doesn't know how to read the emuNand partition natively. The easiest way to manage it is to use the EmuNand Tool available on the forum. It's very simple and straightfoward, allows you to extract a copy of your emuNand and inject a saved copy back onto a card. If anything goes wrong with the update, you can just restore your backup, and nothing is lost. Copying files off the SD card isn't enough to back up the emuNand.
Always research before doing any kind of changes to your system. If you are unsure if something will work, ask first. Asking questions is how to learn, so never feel bad about asking. Just keep in mind that you are asking people to take the time and effort to answer your questions, and be respectful and courteous. If you do get an answer that helps, be grateful.
For your specific situation, you're in luck. Gateway has released an update today that solves your issue. Simply download the new launcher, put the new Launcher.dat onto the root of your system SD card, and you're good to go. Your 9.8 emuNand will work perfectly fine, no need to deal with downgrading or anything else this time. It's still good to read through the threads, so you have an idea of how the process works in case you do need it in the future, though. That way you'll know what to look for, as well as understand the way the system works better.
