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Posted April 18, 2024
I have link executables on an external disk.

When I remove the external disk, gog automatically removes them all considering them non-existent. The only solution to put them back seems to be to hook them one by one from the console.

Is there a less frustrating way to reattach them?
Posted April 18, 2024
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luca.stancapiano: I have link executables on an external disk.

When I remove the external disk, gog automatically removes them all considering them non-existent. The only solution to put them back seems to be to hook them one by one from the console.

Is there a less frustrating way to reattach them?
Interesting.
Even more interesting would be how you got these GOG executables, since you don't seem to own any games here.
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Posted April 18, 2024
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luca.stancapiano: I have link executables on an external disk.

When I remove the external disk, gog automatically removes them all considering them non-existent. The only solution to put them back seems to be to hook them one by one from the console.

Is there a less frustrating way to reattach them?
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BreOl72: Interesting.
Even more interesting would be how you got these GOG executables, since you don't seem to own any games here.
it is a test with fake link executables. Have you some idea how to resolve the problem?
Posted April 18, 2024
By "gog" you mean Galaxy, right? And what are "link executables"... Did you install your games (that you don't own) on an external hard drive?
Posted April 18, 2024
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Atreyu666: By "gog" you mean Galaxy, right? And what are "link executables"... Did you install your games (that you don't own) on an external hard drive?
yes galaxy
Posted April 18, 2024
This seems like an desktop question, not a GOG question.
Posted April 18, 2024
Probably because you remove the main executable that the shortcut is linked.
Posted April 18, 2024
...So you made shortcuts to the installers and thought that would somehow work? They're soft links, not symlinks or hard links.
Posted April 18, 2024
When Galaxy sees that a game installation doesn't exist anymore (like due to a removed drive) it marks the game as not installed. I think that's the problem here.

I had the same when I replaced an internal SSD with a new one and Galaxy started automatically with Windows. I copied the game files back but had to scan the drive again with Galaxy.
Posted April 19, 2024
Windows can automatically remove redundant links, or what it sees as them. These being links (shortcuts) to EXE files that no longer exist on any currently connected drive. That feature of Windows can be disabled, as I personally discovered.
Posted April 20, 2024
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Atreyu666: When Galaxy sees that a game installation doesn't exist anymore (like due to a removed drive) it marks the game as not installed. I think that's the problem here.

I had the same when I replaced an internal SSD with a new one and Galaxy started automatically with Windows. I copied the game files back but had to scan the drive again with Galaxy.
Yes, I have the same problem. Could be useful an import utility to import automatically all link executables
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