It starts up, waits a bit and then "PALauncher.exe has stopped working". Minor issue but I've run into it a few times when I want to run the launcher for updating the game when I'm not sitting at my PC.
Basically launcher use same code as PA and it's actually based on PA engine. This mean it's wouldn't work without some basic OpenGL support so real graphics card need to be used. I'm not 100% sure about default "Remote Desktop" in Windows, but it's likely attempt to use some virtual graphics adapter without 3D capabilities. You can bypass this by using some remote access software that stick to session that running on real GPU.