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Load a lost MT4 template

  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 8, 2018 8:40am Jan 8, 2018 8:40am
I've been through this before and don't hold a lot of promise but have to ask the experts: Is their any way to remove a template from a chart once it's been added? I accidentally hit the "load template" button rather than the "save template" button and have lost a lot of work, hours and hours in fact and I was so far down the rabbit hole of research that I don't think I'll be able to duplicate the combination I had contrived, and I'm bummed because it was a really good performing setup. Anyway, I couldn't give up without at least asking.

Happy Trading!
  • #2
  • Jan 8, 2018 8:48am Jan 8, 2018 8:48am
Quoting Rex Tradewell
I've been through this before and don't hold a lot of promise but have to ask the experts: Is their any way to remove a template from a chart once it's been added? I accidentally hit the "load template" button rather than the "save template" button and have lost a lot of work, hours and hours in fact and I was so far down the rabbit hole of research that I don't think I'll be able to duplicate the combination I had contrived, and I'm bummed because it was a really good performing setup. Anyway, I couldn't give up without at least asking. Happy Trading!...
If you didn't save your chart setup as a template them you cannot go back to it once a new template is applied.
  • #3
  • Jan 8, 2018 8:54am Jan 8, 2018 8:54am
Quoting Nicholishen
{quote} If you didn't save your chart setup as a template them you cannot go back to it once a new template is applied.
Any way to go into the code and at least see the old parameters?
  • #4
  • Jan 8, 2018 9:55am Jan 8, 2018 9:55am
Quoting Rex Tradewell
{quote} Any way to go into the code and at least see the old parameters?
That all depends...

The current working charts are saved in MT\profiles\default folder as xml files with the extension chr. They persist there until you close the chart (file deleted/not recycled) or apply a template (overwritten). If you are running your MT in portable mode out of a cloud sync folder (eg. dropbox) then you could go to your cloud service and recover the older/deleted version of the chr file. If you're not running in portable mode out of a cloud sync folder then I'm afraid you're out of luck.
  • #5
  • Jan 8, 2018 10:03am Jan 8, 2018 10:03am
I'd also recommend checking out the chart-study profile manager that I developed for this very reason... It saves your studies in bin files that MT won't ever delete on it's own. https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=725837
  • #6
  • Last Post: Jan 8, 2018 10:17am Jan 8, 2018 10:17am
Thanks Nicholishen, very good info and appreciate the link. Unfortunately I'm not in the cloud so no dice.

Moderator; You've completely misrepresented the topic with new title heading you've put on my thread. Please change it back.
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