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Desktop settings are saved and loaded from a separate, .mcd file.
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==Understanding Desktops==
A Desktop is basically an organizational tool, it helps to specify overall settings for the workspaces and the overall look of MultiCharts. Desktop is the state of your Main Window that includes:
- position and status (enabled/disabled) of the Main Window Toolbars;
- the list of the opened workspaces;
- position of the Main Window on the monitor screen.
Only 1 Desktop can be opened in 1 MultiCharts instance, but you can have multiple Desktops open at the same time, each having a separate name and different settings.
It is possible to create, save, open, close, rename, and delete Desktops. Each Desktop can contain multiple Workspaces.
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===Creating Desktops===
To create a new Desktop, it is necessary to open a new MultiCharts instance, click by clicking MultiCharts icon on your Windows Desktop. So, when you open a new MultiCharts instance, a new Desktop is created automatically.
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=== Saving Desktops ===
To save a Desktop, click '''File''' in the main menu and select '''Save Desktop'''. If the Desktop has not yet been named, the '''Save As''' dialog box will appear, allowing to choose a file name for the Desktop.
In order to save an already named Desktop under a new name, select '''File''' in the main menu and click '''Save Desktop As'''.
It is necessary to save the changes of the Desktops manually, as they are not saved automatically.
If any changes have been made to a Workspace of the Desktop since it was last saved, the '''Save Workspace''' dialog box will appear:
<br>- click '''Cancel''' to cancel the operation and keep the Workspace open.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Workspaces are not saved in the Desktops. Desktops only store references to the list of the saved Workspaces, but do not save them within the Desktop, so it is still necessary to save the Workspaces to have them opened in a Desktop.</div><br>
=== Opening Desktops ===
Saved Desktops can be opened by using Windows Explorer/File manager as well as from the application.
<br>- click '''No''' to discard the changes and close the Workspace;
<br>- click '''Cancel''' to cancel the operation and keep the Workspace open.
<br><div style="background-color: #F8F6CD;">'''Important:''' <br>If both '''Do not show "Save Workspace" dialog on Exit''' checkbox and '''Do not save workspaces''' options are selected in the '''[[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspace]]''' tab of the '''Preferences''' window then no changes of the workspaces will be saved on exit!</div>
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=== Renaming Desktops ===
Desktops can be renamed by two different methods:
<br><div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Desktops that are open cannot be renamed by Windows Explorer. Close the Desktop prior to renaming it.</div>
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=== Deleting Desktops ===
Use Windows Explorer or another program to delete a Desktop file as you would any other Windows file. Deleting a Desktop does not delete the data or the studies.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: A Desktop that is open cannot be deleted. Close the Desktop prior to deleting it.</div>
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Windows are saved only as a part of the Workspace that contains them.
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=== Creating Windows ===
