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Posted July 28, 2015
I'm trying not to confuse myself here,but if I were to install the installer on the website,then just download the game through GoG galaxy,can I still drag and drop the installer onto a flash drive and use it later? Do I have to bring the whole folder on the flash drive or just the installer? Sorry if I sound confusing.
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Posted July 28, 2015
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coreyblueexclusive: I'm trying not to confuse myself here,but if I were to install the installer on the website,then just download the game through GoG galaxy,can I still drag and drop the installer onto a flash drive and use it later? Do I have to bring the whole folder on the flash drive or just the installer? Sorry if I sound confusing.
If you download the installer (whether through the browser, the downloader or Galaxy), you can use it as you always had. Copy it to a usb stick, install it on another computer.
If you download the game (not the installer) through Galaxy, it may or may not work if you copy the folder. Thankfully, you can still download the installers through Galaxy if you plan on installing them to multiple computers.
Posted July 28, 2015
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coreyblueexclusive: I'm trying not to confuse myself here,but if I were to install the installer on the website,then just download the game through GoG galaxy,can I still drag and drop the installer onto a flash drive and use it later? Do I have to bring the whole folder on the flash drive or just the installer? Sorry if I sound confusing.
If you have the installer file, you can install the game directly from it - you don't need to use Galaxy. Even if you do use Galaxy to install, if you select the option to backup the installer, then once you have the installer file, you can move it to another computer, as you have described. Basically, all you need to install a game is the installer file(s).

EDIT: Curse you JMich...
Post edited July 28, 2015 by OneFiercePuppy
Posted July 28, 2015
If you mean backup installer from More -> Backup & Extras then yes, that one will be enough to install the game in the future.
Posted July 28, 2015
Thanks everyone for the quick replies.love this community :)
Posted July 28, 2015
If you download the game directly through your browser; with the GOG downloader or by using Galaxy's "backup" function, you'll have a stand-alone, offline installer that you can store and use wherever you like.
Using Galaxy's "install" option will do exactly what it says: unpack the game directly onto your system, which makes transporting it much harder, if not impossible.

For some further info, I'd like to refer (once again) to this post I've made some time ago.

EDIT: Never mind...
Post edited July 28, 2015 by InfraSuperman
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