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I recently got a SSD to put my games (Steam, Origin ((I know, I had to get Titanfall 2.)), and now GOG Galaxy.) and while I've been able to do the other two I want to know if moving my games and the program over to the new hard drive is possible.
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Some have tried and failed miserably,ask Support if there is a correct procedure.
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Konahrik13: I recently got a SSD to put my games (Steam, Origin ((I know, I had to get Titanfall 2.)), and now GOG Galaxy.) and while I've been able to do the other two I want to know if moving my games and the program over to the new hard drive is possible.
Moving installers is usually not a problem at all. Just move them within the file explorer and then start from a new location.

Moving an installed Galaxy is usually not needed (it's very small anyway). But you could de-install and install it again (probably the settings are kept or you need to authenticate again, don't know).

Changing the location of an installed programm. I don't know. Could work, could not work.

Better to save the saves of the games, uninstall and install at new location again.

I don't know enough about Galaxy, otherwise I would draw some pictures. However, you could contact GOG and ask for help with Galaxy and this task. They should know.
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Uninstall Galaxy (make sure to delete the Galaxy folder in hidden Programdata afterwards), move the games folder over, install Galaxy and Scan and Import the new games folder. Done this several times with new Harddisks and from Desktop to Laptop and worked flawless with my games. You just have to wait like an hour for about 100 to 200 games till Galaxy builds up registry dependencies and the new Programdata folder.
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Konahrik13: I recently got a SSD to put my games (Steam, Origin ((I know, I had to get Titanfall 2.)), and now GOG Galaxy.) and while I've been able to do the other two I want to know if moving my games and the program over to the new hard drive is possible.
It is.

Assuming Windows:
a, You can copy the files normally, then look up GOG.com in the registry, change all paths related to Galaxy to the new one, then get the install directories of all the games - they are listed below - and replace all those values with the new ones for the whole registry.
b, Or you can create a link to the new path. (see: mklink)

Edit: If you are not used to editing the registry by hand, don't know how to make backups, etc, ignore option a.
Post edited June 07, 2017 by R41N01
Would be nice to have something like Steam, where I can have multiple install location and move games between those whenever I want. Just few clics, few minutes and I'm done ...
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barat: Would be nice to have something like Steam, where I can have multiple install location and move games between those whenever I want. Just few clics, few minutes and I'm done ...
Completely off topic, but I read your username as Borat.
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barat: Would be nice to have something like Steam, where I can have multiple install location and move games between those whenever I want. Just few clics, few minutes and I'm done ...
It's possible, not very convenient but possible, you can either :

Change Galaxy installation folder, new games will be downloaded and installed in the new folder and already installed one should still work.

Install the game using the offline installers where you can chose the install folder; Galaxy should detect the game the next time it starts.

Disclaimer : It was working with previous versions of Galaxy haven't tried with the latest ones.
Possible with hard links, what OS are you using?
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hohiro: Uninstall Galaxy (make sure to delete the Galaxy folder in hidden Programdata afterwards), move the games folder over, install Galaxy and Scan and Import the new games folder. Done this several times with new Harddisks and from Desktop to Laptop and worked flawless with my games. You just have to wait like an hour for about 100 to 200 games till Galaxy builds up registry dependencies and the new Programdata folder.
Thanks much. You saved me a ton of time, tonight.
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Tauto: Some have tried and failed miserably,ask Support if there is a correct procedure.
close the gog galaxy app
copy the game folder to the new harddisk
rename the original folder (to avoid files detection)
launch gog galaxy
select the game and import from the new copied folder (right click on / manage installation / import folder)
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Tauto: Some have tried and failed miserably,ask Support if there is a correct procedure.
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jexbe: close the gog galaxy app
copy the game folder to the new harddisk
rename the original folder (to avoid files detection)
launch gog galaxy
select the game and import from the new copied folder (right click on / manage installation / import folder)
Thank you, this worked great.

I just added a new SSD and was hoping there was an easy way to transfer Cyberpunk 2077 to the new drive and have Galaxy recognize it.
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Tauto: Some have tried and failed miserably,ask Support if there is a correct procedure.
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jexbe: close the gog galaxy app
copy the game folder to the new harddisk
rename the original folder (to avoid files detection)
launch gog galaxy
select the game and import from the new copied folder (right click on / manage installation / import folder)
Thank you so much! This worked perfectly.