MT4/MT5 Portable

MetaQuotes, with its MT4 and MT5, has created two "simple" programs that are portable,
that is, they are not rooted on the computer where they are installed, that is, they do not have
configuration files or drives or DDLs or anything else scattered left and right on the computer,
especially in the folders of the Windows 10 operating system.

These "portable" programs are actually very compact (a single folder containing everything),
they can be moved wherever you want and open more than one of the same type and with the same account at the same time.
These two programs are delivered to the users (you and me) in a single file that contains,
in addition to the program itself, an installation program, which arranges the files on the computer, as you know it now.
Still a little scattered on the computer.
Now, with a "trick" the same installation can be compacted into a single folder, moved and duplicated as many times as you want.
It can be installed in a general folder on your hard drive, which contains all your MT4 folders and a general folder which contains all your MT5 folders.
So you have everything in order and at your fingertips.
It can also be copied to a USB stick, so you can take it with you and use it on any computer.

Why create a portable MT4/MT5? The reasons are many:
- have a clean and standard installation, to be duplicated as needed and indefinitely (for example in case of file or HD corruption)
- have a platform that contains only the indicators, EAs, Templates and Profiles of a certain strategy. I have 75 on my computer.
- Have the ability to move it quickly and effortlessly, from one computer to another
- test what you want and if you don't like it or don't need it, cancel the installation in a second without losing anything else and without damage
- have multiple accounts with different brokers in a single installation
and other solutions that, at this moment, do not come to mind.
Order ... practicality and versatility. The best of everything.

This universal guide, valid for both MT4 and MT5, is created to help you work better with Trading,
as your personal education and in general, to facilitate the life of every person who uses these platforms.
In particular then, for my interest. Facilitate the installation and use of the two EOS "Configurations", which you can find for free on this wire.
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/1079841-the-last-2-baskets-of-history-the-eos.

Each of these configurations contains:
- 3-4 EA
- 7 Scripts
- 21-23 Indicators
- 8-10 File
- about ten Presets
- more than 20 Templates
- from 1 to 4 Profiles

If you are like me, you will have already downloaded tons of material, maybe all put in a single MT4,
with the difficulty of searching for files when needed, and with the slowdown of the platform.
With a portable MT4, things will be better and faster from today.
And in my case, all the EOS material will be separated from the rest (even between the different configurations) and within reach.

Installing a new and clean portable MT4, takes 45-60 minutes and only needs to be done once in your life.
Another hour is for downloading the history of the 28 major FX pairs.
One thing too, which sooner or later will come in handy with other strategies.

All this time will be well spent, saving you from several unpleasant situations in your Trader experience,
and saving you hundreds of hours later. This I can guarantee.

If you do not have an MT4 or MT5 yet, you need to access the site of a Broker that offers it,
obtain the login credentials to the platform and download the file to your computer (Desktop version).
If you already have an account or multiple accounts, just download the file.

After downloading the file to the Desktop, create a new folder.
I called this folder "Cancel"

Click on the installation file and press "run"

On the next window you will find a button called "settings".
It is a fundamental step to click on this button.

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With the "Browse" button, look for the folder you just created on the Desktop, the one called "Cancel" and select this folder.
Uncheck the "Open MQL5.community website" box
and click on next (or forward or similar)

Finally click on "Finish"

You will find three new icons on the Desktop (as in the image).
Select all three icons and delete them

Now create a new folder on the Desktop.
Call it with a unique identifying name (perhaps referring to the name of the Broker).
Add the term "Portable" to undoubtedly identify it.

Open the folder called "Cancel" and select all the files inside it.
Right click on these files and then "Copy".

Right click on the "portable" folder you just created and select "Paste".

Now open the "Portable" folder and with another right click of the mouse on the "terminal.exe" file, choose "Create link" from the menu.

Right click on the "terminal.exe - link" file and select "Properties".

This is a fundamental and very important step.
Where the "Destination" is indicated, you must add at the end of the link:
(one space)/portable. As shown in the picture.
Confirm with OK

Now open the "Cancel" folder again and click on the "uninstall.exe" file.
Make sure that it is the file in the "Cancel" folder and not in the "portable" one.

Confirm with "Next" in the next window.

You have now deleted the files in the "Cancel folder and you can also delete the same folder from the Desktop"

Go back to the "portable" folder and click on the "terminal.exe - link" file, the MT4 platform will open for the first time and the search for a faster connection with the Broker you have chosen will start.
Of course, the Internet connection must be active.
Click on the "Cancel" button.

If a connection window like this in the image below appears, click "Cancel" again.

Click on the X of each chart to delete them and go to the top menu "View" (the one after "File").
Uncheck all.

Deselect everything in the "Toolbar" as well.
From so

to so

Also in the top bar you will find "Tools".
One click on it and another on "Options".

Tab after Tab, enable or disable the various options as in the following images.
Your menus must be the same as the images