yossarian33: thank you everyone for your help. I cannot for some reason even get winzip to unzip the gog downloader, which i think i need in order to have a proper witcher folder, as i do not have one as is when i downloaded using browser.
So yeah, big frustrating everything right now. My new computer sucks. Thank you anyways, i am too much of a retard to do the most basic things i guess. Appreciate your help nonetheless.
You do not need the GOG downloader if you already downloaded the files via the browser.
Nor does your computer "suck", nor are you a "retard" for getting frustrated with this annoying procedure.
When you run the installer, it will create the folder for the game and the shortcut on the desktop. Usually, that is all you need to do. I guess you got here because when you clicked that shortcut, you got the dialog that said your system does not meet minimum requirements.
Right-click on the desktop shortcut and choose "Copy". Right-click on the desktop background and choose "Paste". You'll get a new shortcut that is called "Copy of The Witcher" or something like that.
Right-click the new shortcut, and choose "Properties". Find the text field that says "Target".
At the end of the text in the "Target" field, you'll see the filename launcher.exe. Change this to system\witcher.exe. Now the target field should read something like:
"C:\(some long directory path...)
\system\witcher.exe"
After the closing quote mark, type a space, then -dontforceminreqs. Now the target field should read something like:
"C:\(some long directory path...)
\system\witcher.exe" -dontforceminreqs Click OK, say a prayer to Melitele, and try to launch The Witcher from the new shortcut.
If your computer is actually capable of running The Witcher, the game will come up and run.
If your computer cannot run The Witcher at all, the game will not start, or crash to desktop. If this happens, tell us what make and model of computer you have, and we may be able to provide further advice.
