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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex index c649dcfff25..22ebbc513dd 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex @@ -1401,12 +1401,18 @@ platform to their search path is sufficient to get a working setup. By the same token, you can also install \TL{} locally and then move the entire hierarchy afterwards to a network location. -For Windows, a sample network installation script named -\filename{w32client} can be downloaded through -\url{http://tug.org/texlive/w32client.html}. It creates settings and -menu shortcuts for using an existing \TL{} installation on a LAN. -It also registers an uninstaller \filename{w32unclient}, available -in the same zip file. See the web page for more information. +For Windows, a launcher \filename{tlaunch} is available at +\url{http://tug.org/texlive/w32client.html}. Its main window +contains menu entries and buttons for various \TeX-related +programs and documentation. + +On first use, it modifies the searchpath for \TL\ and creates some +file associations. It also creates a menu entry to undo these +configurations. + +All this is set up in an ini file. You can add yourself entries for +\emph{e.g.} SumatraPDF or some \LaTeX-editor. See the web page +above for more information. \htmlanchor{tlportable} @@ -1637,7 +1643,11 @@ Under Windows, the installer does some extra things: \item[Automatic path adjustment.] No manual configuration steps are required. \item[Uninstaller.] The installer creates an entry under `Add/Remove Programs' for \TL. The uninstall tab of the \TeX\ Live Manager \GUI\ - refers to this. + refers to this. For a single-user install, the installer also + creates an uninstall menu entry. +\item[Write-protect.] For an admin install, the \TL\ directories are + write-protected, at least if \TL\ is installed on a normal + NTFS-formatted non-removable disk. \end{description} \subsection{Additional software included on Windows} @@ -1754,15 +1764,6 @@ administrator. Instead, right-clicking on the program or shortcut that you want to run usually gives you a choice `Run as administrator'. -\subsubsection{Protecting the \TL{} directory} - -An admin install does \emph{not} protect the \TL{} directory from -tampering by regular users. This will have to be done in a separate -step by setting a suitable ACL (Access Control List) for the -directory. To this end, check out the \filename{icacls} Windows -command-line utility. - - \subsection{Increasing maximum memory on Windows and Cygwin} \label{sec:cygwin-maxmem} |