I seem to have a folder called GalaxyClient in C:/ProgramData/ that I thought was inactive leftovers from when I tried the Galaxy AvP 2000 beta, but it seems to keep track of gog games I install and uninstall despite me having uninstalled Galaxy awhile ago. Don't particularly like it being there given I wasn't asked first, can I safely delete that folder or would it just come back with every gog install?

Well,if completely uninstalled it certainly I would think not come back on your pc unless invited.

Thanks, had to wonder since it was still keeping track of my gog installs somehow.

I would assume that the GOG installers put a small number of tracking files there in case you install Galaxy so that it can automagically find the games you have, rather than having to do a more time-consuming search to find which games you have installed. If you don't have Galaxy, it's simply the game installers themselves putting files there.

yeah as Maighstir has said don't let that scare you. when Galaxy dropped all installers were updated to work with it, and this is probably how. they're putting the stuff so Galaxy knows what's what if you install it again.

That's the case. I installed Galaxy on my laptop as a downloader for the game installers (laptop is far away from the router and browser download isn't that reliable). I downloaded a couple of games, shut down Galaxy and installed the games. They worked fine without opening Galaxy ever again. But when I started Galaxy to download another installer, all my installed games were listed on the left side.

It's not Galaxy looking for the games, it's the installers looking for Galaxy.

Or rather providing information in a known location, just in case Galaxy wants to look for them.

THIS THIS.