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+# CellarioScheduler Database Switcher
+
+## Usage
+
+To run the switcher, execute the `.bat` file as an administrator.
+To preserve compatability with older verisons of CellarioScheduler and their default install locations,
+you must run with write access to `C:\Program Files\HighRes Biosolutions`.
+
+When running the tool for the first time, a config file (extension `.toml`) will be generated.
+Edit this file to add additional databases.
+The format of this file is outlined below.
+
+After you have added your databases to the config file, restart the tool and they should appear as buttons.
+Clicking a button will:
+
+1. Either alter the registry entry for the connection string (<=4.2) or alter `appsettings.Production.json` (>=4.3)
+to reflect your database settings.
+2. Create a symlink from the specified CellarioScheduler directory to `C:\Program Files\HighRes Biosolutions\Cellario`
+    - If a real install of CellarioScheduler already exists here, it is automatically renamed with a random suffix so it
+    will not be clobbered.
+3. Launches CellarioScheduler
+
+## Configuration
+
+A database entry has the following sections:
+
+### Entry Name
+This is the part in the square brackets.
+Whatever is entered here will appear in the UI.
+Spaces are not permitted, underscores and hyphens are permitted.
+
+### DatabaseUser
+This is the user login for the database.
+It should be verbatim what you would use to log in to your database.
+
+### DatabasePassword
+This is the password for the database.
+It is likely either `postgres` or `oracle`.
+
+### DatabaseType
+Either `postgres` or `oracle`
+
+### CellarioDirectory
+This is the absolute path to your installation directory for CellarioScheduler.
+This allows you to associate a particular database with a given installation of CS.
+The backslash characters `\` must be escaped with another backslash character `\`;
+see the example database if this is unclear.
+
+### Version
+This is the version of CellarioScheduler installed in `CellarioDirectory`.
+You do not need to enter the full version, only the major and minor version numbers (i.e. `4.1` is sufficient).
+This is only used to determine if the registry should be altered or if appsettings should be altered.