Change your Default Desktop

[WilliamH 66]

Quick Tip to having your custom desktop.dsk file open automatically when you login to DAS.

 

Many DAS users, like myself just get in the habit of logging into DAS, having the DAS defualt

Desktop load, and then manually changing to our own custom desktop we created by the following steps . .

 

1. File

2. Open Desktop

3. Selecting your custom.dsk file

 

When you log into DAS, it automatically will open the DAS file titled "Default.dsk" that is preloaded with their software.

So of course you can just open the original Default.dsk file and customize the file to your liking.

But there is also another simple trick if you already have your custom.dsk file.

 

1. Access your DAS file folder located on your Hard Drive. For me it is in:

C:\DAS Trader Pro

 

For simulator it is in:

C:\DASTrader DEMO

 

2. Select the "default.dsk" file and either delete it or change it to any other name

such as "DASDefault.dsk"

 

3. Find your custom.dsk file and change the file name to "Default.dsk"

4. Move this new "Default.dsk" you just renamed, into the Das Trader Pro folder

5. Now upon logging into DAS the custom desktop you created and just renamed "Default.dsk"

will automatically open

[Robert H 453]

Great post! Added to the DAS Trader Pro FAQ.

[PeterC 0]

Can I use my Das Demo default.dsk file with Das trader Pro?

[Robert H 453]

Can I use my Das Demo default.dsk file with Das trader Pro?

 

Yes. However, there might be a few anomalies. I remember a few of my windows (Positions, Account, etc.) reverted to black backgrounds. The rest of the layout stayed intact.

[Melodiemet 0]

Thanks so much for posting this.  The steps were easy to follow, and now I have my custom set up launching at the start.  Yay!

[abbey1988 0]

On 3/16/2018 at 4:41 AM, WilliamH said:

custom.dsk file

i cannot figure out how to make this work 

[WilliamH 66]

On 9/9/2019 at 5:36 PM, abbey1988 said:

i cannot figure out how to make this work 

the file needs to be labeled "default.dsk" not "custom.dsk"

Try to re-read the post I made above on this forum and follow the steps exactly and slowly.

If still having problems I can help you trouble shoot it.

[PilotFish 23]

Where actually is the custom file? I am just using a 14 day free trial from DAS and would like access to this file to follow along with the educational videos.

[Brendon 146]

https://www.bearbulltraders.com/downloads/

Go to downloads from the top right of your screen while at the website, not the forum page, and go to the drop down next to your name. The DAS layout file is in there. 

Edited December 4, 2019 by Brendon