So I made the mistake of using this infuriating Gog Galaxy (old gog downloader is infinitely more useful). I can't find a way to configure where Gog Galaxy downloads files onto my hard drive (there doesn't appear to be any settings options actually).

Does anyone know what folder Gog Galaxy puts stuff I download into? I can't find the download files anywhere after using it.

Oh and also, this program needs a LOT of time improving before I dare to touch it again... sticking to the old downloader for now :/

Bottom left of the Galaxy client is a small cog. That's your settings. You can configure it there, and also see where the files are DLed.

As Coelocanth said, that small cog is the settings link. As far as I understand the Folders-options are:

"Install game": This is where the GOG games are installed, if you install them using the Galaxy client (ie. the "Galaxy-version" of the game).

"Download games": Apparently this is a place for temporary files for the Galaxy version game installation? Ie. the Galaxy game installers are temporarily downloaded here, and installed from here to the "Install game"-folder?

"Download extras": This is where the extras, _including the old kind of game installer files_ ("backup"), are downloaded to. So if you want to use Galaxy only as a replacement for the old GOG Downloader in order to download game installer files and extras, this is the relevant folder option.

Apparently it's a gear or a <i>cogwheel</i>, a cog is a tooth on a gear.
And it's a sprocket when it's connected to a chain or tread.
I never knew what they produced on The Jetsons, but now I know.

However, GOG galaxy doesn't seem to keep the install files, it uses them to install the game then deletes them from temp. Is there a way to make it keep the original install files?

The backup installers that you can download from Extras are not deleted. They are the ones meant for local keeping.

Oh excellent! I missed that part. Might be helpful to make that a little clearer, or to have the option to automatically download a backup as well as install

For now I've chosen to use the Galaxy client only as a downloader, ie. I download those installer files from the extras, and install them manually. Like in the Good Old Days (GOD).

If I for some reason want to use some Galaxy functionality later for those manual GOG game installations, I guess they can be imported to Galaxy, by using the Import-feature.

Ps. I don't quite understand why there are separate "installers" for the Galaxy versions of games? I thought earlier that the Galaxy versions of games would be directly downloaded without any actual installation (other than if it needs some registry entries and installation of dependencies) similarly how e.g. Steam does it, but now it appears that even the Galaxy version of a game first downloads some kind of installation files, installs them, and then removes the installation files?

In that case, why couldn't the two installer file sets (Galaxy, and the "Backup", installers) be one and the same? If the Galaxy-version of the game needs some additional Galaxy dll files or whatever, couldn't they be downloaded separately by Galaxy on top of the vanilla installation? After all, if the "backup" installations can be imported into Galaxy game installations, I presume that should be possible already now.

Oh well, I'm fine with the way it currently goes, but it just seems GOG is doing the same work twice for all games (two separate installer file sets for all games)? Or? Maybe this is already explained in that Galaxy beta thread somewhere...

Hi .. OK, I clicked on the Cog to find the download location for games, which is Program Files (x86) - GalaxyClient - Games - !Downloads - temp. There are no uninstalled games in that folder. There are 4 games in folders under !Downloads. Where are the rest of the games? Thanks!

Downloaded (well installed) most all the games and was pretty confused with what I had to do, to save a game / installation file. Example .. Setup_Game1_2.2.2.2.exe.

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/option_to_install_from_backup

IN HELL

eu quero baixar o jogo the witcher 3 nem no sti no aplicativo vocês tem que fazer alguma coisa pra resolver isso

You do realize that you just replied in a foreign language to an English thread that is over a year old and hasn't had any comments in almost a year?

Here is The Witcher 3 subforum:
https://www.gog.com/forum/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt#1471058494
Next time speak in english.
And bloody hell, don't necro!

Can' understand you with your head so far up your ass.

Essentially they ruined GoG, the Galaxy POS is detestable and In the GoG.com site, I cannot download the files for later intatallstion. Now I need to wipe my PC and strart from scratch and GOG just makes it that much harder :