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+The TeX Live Launcher is an easy way to give Windows users access to
+a TeX Live installation on a network as if it were a local
+installation.
+
+Features:
+
+- On first startup, the launcher does the user configuration which
+ would otherwise have been done during a local installation.
+
+- the menu items and buttons within the launcher replace the several
+ Start menu items normally created during a local installation.
+
+- Easy customization with an ini file, e.g. incorporating additional
+ software
+
+See the manual for placement of tlaunch.exe and tlaunch.ini, and for
+customizing the ini file.
+
+For trying this out on an existing local installation, a script
+tlaunchmode is included which can convert a classic installation
+into a launcher-based one and back. The manual has a section on this
+script which also explains how to install it.