Hi all!

I'll be getting a work laptop and be on the road for quite a bit. Is there a way to install GOG games on a flash drive/external hard drive on my home PC and then play them off that external drive on the work laptop? Without leaving any trace in the registry, hopefully without admin rights.

I'm looking for feedback on virtual os programs I can install on the external drive. How VirtualBox or Ceedo work with GOG games.

Also, please ignore the speed factor, I'm aware that read/write speeds will affect gameplay. I'm also aware of a possible reduced lifespan of a flashdrive used for this purpose.

Many thanks for any feedback!

Nico

Which games? If you're here for the good Old games, the DosBox kind of old, then it's usually extremely easy, you don't need anything other than installing, copying and playing.

Otherwise, it depends on the game. Do you have admin rights in your work laptop? Some (Defender's Quest and Sang Froid are 2 that I remember off the top of my head) won't even run without admin rights.

Not that old, I'm talking about Windows games like Banished, Prison Architect, Caesar 3, etc. I should've clarified in the original post.

Let's suppose I have admin rights.

OK, in this case I'd say it just depends on the game itself. I don't have much experience with playing newer games off a USB stick (I did it for older games), so I can't help you unfortunately.

However, the one suggestion I could make is: why don't you try it? Install, copy to a USB stick and see how it works. If a paticular game fails, then you'd know for which game you'd need to look specifically for help.

Here is an older thread with some information regarding this:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/playing_from_external_hard_drive