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+This template area contains images and application stubs and other resources that will be used by the distMaker release buildiong script when building the distMaker app for allthe platforms.
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+launch4j (Windows only) - needed a modified version to launch from any dir
+apple - binary launchers for the Mac platform
+background - images that go behind the apple installer (only one currently being used now)
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