MT4 file opening technical question.

So far I have managed to successfully download and open several ex and mq4 files and tpl's. However, today I am attempting to download and open my first zip file, the RainbowMMA.zip to be precise.

There is no problem downloading it onto my computer, but when I have dragged and dropped it into expert, custom indicators as I usually do, it accepts it ok, but then seems to lose it. After closing and reopening, when I look for it in 'custom indicators' (where I would expect to find it), it is not there and neither can I find it anywhere else on my computer!??

It would appear that a zip file needs handling differently. Can anyone please advise what I am doing wrong and guide me to opening the file correctly? It would be much appreciated.

johnny

Do you extract the contents of the .zip file or just put it directly into /EXPERTS/INDICATORS directory?

I think everything should work fine if you extract the contents and put them into appropriate directory

Hope it helps

EDIT: Don't forget to restart metatrader once files are copied into directory.

Hi Dexis…..I put it directly into /EXPERTS/INDICATORS directory, as unfortunately I don’t know how to extract the contents of the .zip file. If you could please advise how to do this, I would really appreciate it. Yes, I have been restarting. Thank you for your assistance.

johnny

hi Jonny,

if you're using WinXP or sth. funky like Vista you should be able to extract the contents of a zip by double-clicking on the file and choosing some unzip option. If your Windows does not have this built-in zipDecompressor feel free to download and install the openSource program 7Zip from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/s...2.exe?download
After installing 7Zip you should be able to open the zip. In the zip you should find an ex4 or mq4 or both, then proceed as usual.

Take care.

Send the zip by email to another person and have them attach the indicators to an email and return it back to you...go this route.

Good Luck

Thanks tradeigel!......I have WinXP, so did exactly as you suggested and then attached to my charts no problem. I really appreciate your time and advice, which quickly solved my problem.

I thank you also Tenn for your concern and advice, which I would have tried next had it not opened.

johnny

Another fine example of teamwork