Desktop Backing File in Production - How?

Hello.
Is there a way to associate a desktop backing file with a production desktop? (i.e one created entirely out of portal admin - NOT a .portal file).
I know you can create a desktop based upon a .portal file - is this the only way it can be achieved?
Can't find another way...
Any help much appreciated.
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Hello,
The browser could be caching the old version. The easiest/quickest way around this (and a pretty good practice IMHO) is to version your files, i.e. instead -
<script src="fizzbang.js" type="text/javascript"></script>consider using -
<script src="fizzbang_01.js" type="text/javascript"></script>then when you modify the script, you simply increment -
<script src="fizzbang_02.js" type="text/javascript"></script>the point here is that from the browsers perspective this is an entirely new file (different filename) so it will need to fetch the file from the webserver rather than using a cached version.
Hope this helps,
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