Hi,
I just got the same problem as 'SepticLemon' in the thread 'http://www.gog.com/forum/general/issues_with_using_gog_downloader_with_google_chrome'.
He didn't get an answer back then, maybe I do have more luck :-).

It seems that the protocol 'gogdownloader:' is not registered in Chrome and so chrome just does not do anything when I click the download button. I even (boldly) added 'gogdownloader:' to the 'Local State' file of chrome's local application data, but it gets removed again, when chrome is started.

It is probably just a wrong setting in my chrome settings, that the registration of 'gogdownloader:' protocol fails.
Any suggestion is highly appreciated.

Btw. I uninstalled the dowloader and removed all 'gogdownloader' entries in the registry and installed the downloader again ... no change.

I am running Windows 8.

Best regards,
Lutz

It's a known problem with Chrome and Windows 8, hopefully the next version of the downloader will fix it. Can't recall there being a solution for it, but you can check the sticky thread to see if you have any luck.

Upgrade from Chrome to Firefox. It's all around a better browser: more open, more reliable, more customizable, and, most importantly, not controlled by the excessively paternalistic Google.

GOG Downloader URLs are working for me with SRWare Iron on Windows 8.1, so I guess one option could be to migrate sideways to that until the issue is resolved in Chrome itself; Iron is derived from Chromium so extensions etc. are compatible.

SRWare Iron looks fantastic.
At this first glance I don't even see a difference to chrome. If I can be sure there's no hidden/unwanted communication to some arbitrary company, I call this the better choice to chrome/chromium. I just trust the open-source community here.
The downloader works also.

Thanks a lot for the solution :-).

-Lutz