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General discussionIs it possible to remove titles from gog.com Galaxy without uninstalling the game?(7 posts)solved(7 posts)solved
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Posted September 02, 2015
Question in the title. Just remove the game from Galaxy, not actually uninstall the game.
This question / problem has been solved by Randalatorimage
Posted September 02, 2015
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Atlantico: Question in the title. Just remove the game from Galaxy, not actually uninstall the game.
What are trying to accomplish? Just not have it show up in Galaxy or are you trying to prevent the game from getting updated?
Posted September 02, 2015
It is, just head to your game folder, rename goggame-#########.info file and restart Galaxy. To get the game back in Galaxy, rename the file to its previous state.
Autoupdates you can simply turn off under more -> configure in Galaxy.
Posted September 02, 2015
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Atlantico: Question in the title. Just remove the game from Galaxy, not actually uninstall the game.
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JudasIscariot: What are trying to accomplish? Just not have it show up in Galaxy or are you trying to prevent the game from getting updated?
I'm trying to organize my games, and some games I don't want in Galaxy - because they are modded, I don't want them updated or DOSBox games or such, so I'll never use Galaxy to launch them.

So they're just cluttering up the installed games panel, effectively pushing away games I actually use Galaxy for. Turning off auto-update doesn't solve this cluttering.

Galaxy can import games without re-installing them, isn't there a way to detach games from Galaxy without uninstalling them? Galaxy is not and hasn't been necessary for the game, it's a launcher, organizer and updater (and shop) so it shouldn't be an issue detaching the game from Galaxy?

Right?
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mike_cesara: It is, just head to your game folder, rename goggame-#########.info file and restart Galaxy. To get the game back in Galaxy, rename the file to its previous state.
Autoupdates you can simply turn off under more -> configure in Galaxy.
If I rename the goggame-####.info file, it changes from "installed" to "unknown game version" in Galaxy, but it is still there. As before.
Post edited September 02, 2015 by Atlantico
Posted September 02, 2015
Copy the contents of the game folder to a different folder, backup savegames, uninstall from Galaxy. That should do the trick.
Posted September 02, 2015
Galaxy stores data about installed games in several places,
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\storage\#
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\support\#
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\webcache\#
and registry. Where # states for gameId number, same as in goggame-#.info file. Remember to make a backup if you're not sure what you're doing ; )
If you want start modded game via Galaxy, take a peek into my post
Posted September 02, 2015
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mike_cesara: Galaxy stores data about installed games in several places,
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\storage\#
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\support\#
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\GOG.com\Galaxy\webcache\#
and registry. Where # states for gameId number, same as in goggame-#.info file. Remember to make a backup if you're not sure what you're doing ; )
If you want start modded game via Galaxy, take a peek into my post
Thanks for the info, isn't %allusersprofile% C:/ProgramData/ ?

I'll try to figure this out, but I'm not messing with the registry, that's where I draw the line. Too much hassle for me.

But still, many thanks.
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Randalator: Copy the contents of the game folder to a different folder, backup savegames, uninstall from Galaxy. That should do the trick.
I'll try it! :)

.. and it works. Crude, but efficient. Gone from Galaxy, game still works. :)
Post edited September 02, 2015 by Atlantico
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