Greetings,

Every time Galaxy installs a game or an update it will keep asking for the admin password. For some games it can be up to 5 times. I have attempted to take control of the save location, changed permissions and still run into the same bloody issue. Its getting extremely frustrating having to do this all the time when something like Steam doesn't. How did they get their program to work, and Gog still has yet to figure that out?

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue without having to run with a administrator account?

By not using Galaxy?

(Just making educated guesses, I don't have or use Galaxy.)

Is it possible to install Galaxy into your user profile folder? (for example "c:\users\Tpyrc\Galaxy")
Then configure Galaxy itself in such a way that it downloads and installs all games into the profile folder, too?

In any case, admin privileges are always necessary when installing system frameworks and redistributables such DirectX, C++ runtime, etc.

For a while to reduce bloat, i was suggesting that the game not have these in it, and instead they offer a either a tool or package that includes pretty much all dependencies which can be installed either before you need them or as you need them. There's a few cases where a game a handful of megs, is dependent on DirectX which is 100Mb install, so the dependency overshadows the game's size itself.

Common dependencies (Direct X, C++ Runtimes, Dosbox, etc) should probably just be installed when you get a new system or reinstall the OS. But less used things, .Net, Nvidia Physx runtimes in certain games should likely just be installed only when needed. Then it's just a matter of copying files to the right location that doesn't need privileges, unless you are missing a rare dependency.

Sounds like UAC User Account Control. Usually where you install your games, in a sensitive area on a system drive. If you install both galaxy and games on a 2nd drive(as example), chances are it will install or update without problems. Try 1 offline install game to a non system drive to test my theory.

If it works, uninstall everything and reinstall to the non system drive.

edit: added "uninstall" word instead of install....derp!

I really wish people would stop saying "GOG" when they mean "Galaxy".

1. Un-install GOG Galaxy

2. Download GOG Offline Installer for the game(s) in question.

3. Install game(s) via said offline installer.

4. Profit.

Just asking, because everybody's blaming Galaxy: Would it change something when they use the offline installers when they still try to install the game in a critical (system) directory?

I'd say that's the reason why GOG's offline installers default to C:\GOG\

Yes. Please. +1. I know they don't mean anything by it, but it sure would make things a whole lot clearer.

Agreed. When I read the title I thought "what kind of scam is this?"