boyalien: Can anyone teach me how to disable the Galaxy? everytime i click on the game icon on my desktop, the Galaxy will launch automatically.
a) It depends how you installed the game. If you use Galaxy to install a game, then the link on the Desktop will indeed launch Galaxy.
b) If you installed the game using the offline installer, the link on the Desktop will point to the Game's .exe, without launching Galaxy
The tip in the previous post was correct, you can just replace the link.
But .... some games require more than just a link to the .exe files, ScummVM games or DosBox games for example require a parameter naming the configuration file.
Luckily, there's a solution at hand as well.
No matter how you installed the game, in the game directory you will always find a file called
"Launch <insert game name here>".
This is a link to the game's exe including the necessary parameters. You can copy this link to your desktop.
One last thing: After completing the installation, the offline installers offer you to launch the game. Do NOT launch it now using that buttoin, but complete the installation and then launch the game manually.
You ask why ? Because GOG tries to push Galaxy. If you click that button then the installer will start Galaxy or try to install it. Yes, it's that stupid, but it is what it is.
If you don't want to use Galaxy at all:
1. uninstall Galaxy
2. download offline installer
3. install games using the offline installers, do NOT click "launch game".
4. success
