I know that Galaxy is currently working on the feature to be able to install a game in multiple location http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/multiple_folders_for_game_installations, but I am bit confused about the following official statement as a workaround:

" Destro
For now a workaround that does the trick of having games installed in different paths is to change installation path in the settings before each installation of the game. Later on you will be able to change it at the beginning of every installation (we'll change this tiny EULA screen)"


Is the following scenario then valid:
- add path1 to your install folder
- install gameA
- change install folder to path2
- install gameB

Can both games be played without any issue? I know Galaxy is doing a lot of folder sync-ing. I am just worried he will make a copy of both gameA and gameB on both paths path1 and path2.

would be good to hear from somebody who already has this set-up.

Works perfect. The first game I installed with Galaxy went straight to the default folder. I installed the other games under c:/games and Galaxy never did anything funny.

Another "workaround" is to download the standalone installers in Galaxy and to give the game an individual path upon installation. I have no idea why, but Galaxy will automatically detect the game and add it to the left hand menu. Happened on my laptop, where I used Galaxy as a downloader. I downloaded some installers, closed Galaxy and installed the games. When I fired up Galaxy again a few days later, to download another game, I saw that my installed games were listed there oO

Thanks for the confirmation.

It's strange that gog detected your game. Maybe you installed the second game on one of the folders Galaxy is monitoring (there are 3 i think: the default installer, the one where you download and the one where extra content is added)

.. or maybe he cross-checks your library against windows installed application list :)

It was a clean install of Windows 10. I let Galaxy chose it's own path and installed all my games to C:/games. Or maybe the standalone installers check if Galaxy is installed and register themselves ;) That's what I think. But I'm to lazy to do any research. The games start without starting Galaxy (which is important on a 5+ years old low end laptop!), so I don't really care.

I am also too lazy to do experiments :))

A little off topic here: I am NO fan of Windows 10. I've installed it on my laptop (not my main pc, I have 2 power gaming rigs for that). One of the biggest concern for me is that win10 installs it's updates (and whatever else he wants) without letting you know when, how and why, plus it doesn't let you opt-out on them. This screams DRM to me more then anything.

Not to mention that I got several times sudden restarts with my laptop because of updates. It doesn't care what you are currently doing, without warning, bang, a restart :)

Win 7 is supported till 2020, so plenty of time to migrate with my gaming rigs.

I have it only on my laptop too. As I said, It's prety old and low end and reinstalling the OS from the HDD (there's a small partition with the install files) always reinstalls the pre-installed bloatware from the manufacturer too. Windows 10 got rid of it once and for all. The laptop's much faster now.

Do I like it? Well, yes. It's a nice OS and I'm planning to update my PC too before I install my new GPU (which I'll get later this month). I don't care if I'm forced to update the OS. I always did all the updates anyway. And I never got any unwanted reboots. Just set installation of updates to "scheduled restart" instead of "automatic". When there are updates, you can ignore the restart message. The updates will install on shutdown (real shutdown, not hibernate) then. The next time your laptop boots up, it'll take a couple of seconds longer. That's all.

That's the problem. Win 10 no longer gives you the option to select the type of update, nor gives you a choice in the restart process. Happened to me several times, and I've had enough.

And trust, me I know what I am talking about. I am a software engineer and all my machines are highly customized, be they windows or linux (which by the way is my default OS when I'm not gaming).

It's not about not doing your updates, it's about the philosophy of having an option, a choice.

But anyway, we are way off-topic :)

Unless I misunderstand your question, Galaxy already allows you to select the installation path for each specific game (see attached image below). The only thing you can't currently do is name the game's installation folder as you'd like, so if you install, say, Bio Menace through Galaxy, the game's folder will always be Bio Menace and not BM, Menace or however else you'd like to name it.

It does. Home version doesn't have it visible, but you can force it, if you poke around a bit. Take a look at the forums on MyDigitalLife for the needed script, or find one of the (currently) many programs that can set the required flags. Or tell me if you want me to find the links I posted back in August.

:) no need thanks. Well then it means people have poked around more since I was looking for this answers (in summer). At any rate, I'll not upgrade my main PCs. Win7 is doing it's job for gaming just fine. Until 2020, who knows what changes come to win :) I want to select a different folder for different games and have Galaxy know where each game is.

I am about to test it right now with the workaround that was suggested by GOG staff and see if I'll make it run.

Grargar is right, there is no workaround needed anymore, was needed in older versions.You can just choose a new folder, where the game is being installed. It will create a subfolder in the choosen directory

Yes, you guys are right. In the past that option wasn't available there.

Pfuuu, ... one can see that I am playing witcher 3 for quite a long time now, no new installs :)