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MT4 mystery

  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 12, 2009 7:35pm Apr 12, 2009 7:35pm
Hi,

I hope someone can give me a link to some reading or can tell me how to solve the problem.

I am suddenly having problems getting indicators that are EX4 to load into my MT4s.

I can save them to my desktop and then copy over through Program files, or save them direct into Program files. They load into the indi folder OK, I can see them there, but when I close that and open the MT4 program to use the EX4 indi I just loaded, it is not in my custom indicator list. When I go back into the Indicator file the icon for the indicator has disappeared.

I have two MT4 that I use, one is my live account and the other is a demo with a different broker.

Some indis will load but most of the EX4 indis won't load into either MT4 yet MQ4 indis load OK.

I am doing the same things I have been doing for 12 months, now suddenly I can't load EX4 s

I don't recall changing anything, does anyone know what I am doing wrong ?

thanks
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  • #2
  • Apr 12, 2009 8:48pm Apr 12, 2009 8:48pm
have you tried downloading another demo from the same or a different broker

this will tell you if youre other two are corrupted, although that sounds doubtful

try another demo but sounds like your system may be acting up --- try cleaning the registry and the usual stuff and see if that helps

check spyware, which really plays with some applications and then my knowledge ends, but that usually does it for me

mp
  • #3
  • Apr 12, 2009 9:00pm Apr 12, 2009 9:00pm
You can also try to repair the current install. Do the Demo 1st.
Click /START/All Programs/(MT4-install)/Uninstall.
Select the 'Repair' option. Then reopen and see if it helped.
In trading, there is no bullshit. You either make money or you don't.
  • #4
  • Apr 13, 2009 1:30am Apr 13, 2009 1:30am
Hi,

Opened another MT4 with a different broker, same problem.

Must be something in my PC but how the ?? do I find what it is, any suggestions ?

Don't want to fiddle too much as everything else is working well, I do keep my PC at its best with housekeeping every week, it is just these EX4 indis that won't load.

If they would not download or install into the folder then I would think Firewall or such, but they clearly load into the Indicator Folder, it is only after I close that to open the MT4 program that I am not able to find them anymore

Please post if you have ever had a similar problem or have a suggestion I can try

Thanks
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  • #5
  • Apr 13, 2009 1:41am Apr 13, 2009 1:41am
how many indicators do you have in your indicator folder?
  • #6
  • Apr 13, 2009 4:30am Apr 13, 2009 4:30am
Hi MF,

Not many indis as I am using a new MT4 download.

It seems that if it is an MQ4 it is opened with MetaEditor, if it is an EX4 then it reads it with EX4_Auto_File and that is not working. At the moment when I try to download any EX4 I get a message "Unknown Error Occurred"

Could someone check for me please if your PC uses the same application to read EX4 or does it use MetaEditor.

thanks
Money grows on the tree of persistence
  • #7
  • Apr 13, 2009 4:46am Apr 13, 2009 4:46am
Go to indicators folder, find a file with extension *.dat......delete that file,
restart MT4, it will reload all off your indicators and they will work!

Regards
forexflash
  • #8
  • Apr 13, 2009 8:54am Apr 13, 2009 8:54am
Are you sure you updated to the current build? We're up to 223
  • #9
  • Apr 14, 2009 1:06am Apr 14, 2009 1:06am
Thanks for all the suggestions, tried them all except the registry one, still won't download EX4.

I think I will uninstall all my MT4 s and start again, hopefully something will be repaired when I do that.
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  • #10
  • Apr 18, 2009 5:51pm Apr 18, 2009 5:51pm
Well that didn't work, uninstalled all my MT4 and reinstalled one.

Now I can't open any download MQ4 and EX4 so I can't download any indicators at all.

Has anyone had this problem before, when I try to open a download I get "Unknown Error Occurred"

Any help appreciated
Money grows on the tree of persistence
  • #11
  • Apr 18, 2009 7:12pm Apr 18, 2009 7:12pm
you must have a broken window.

reinstall windows os from scratch! and i mean like wiping the whole hard disk with a "format".

this happened to a friend already. he tried fixing the problem his way until spending more than 2 weeks before finally heeding to my recommendation of a 2 hr re-install.
  • #12
  • Apr 18, 2009 7:24pm Apr 18, 2009 7:24pm
well, you can try re installing windows in the same place by first unfragmenting the disk and then using the original disc to do a sloppy re-install (as opposed to a clean one) without formatting the whole disc --- if only minor errors, should solve your problem --- did for me

Quoting ragnakore
you must have a broken window.

reinstall windows os from scratch! and i mean like wiping the whole hard disk with a "format".

this happened to a friend already. he tried fixing the problem his way until spending more than 2 weeks before finally heeding to my recommendation of a 2 hr re-install.
  • #13
  • Apr 19, 2009 7:15am Apr 19, 2009 7:15am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Are you sure you updated to the current build? We're up to 223
Hi,

I have a question about updating to current build. The current build on my MT4 is 218. My machine is running VISTA, and for some reason I do not get automatic Live Updates. Is there any way that I can update my current build to the latest? Thank you for any suggestions.
  • #14
  • Apr 19, 2009 7:28am Apr 19, 2009 7:28am
Success, I am back working again.

After trying all of the suggestions here twice, including cleaning the registry, I was still no better off so I decided that I would download another new MT4 through Internet Explorer instead of Firefox.

I guess that must have created a new path or something as all of a sudden its all working at present.

Gee I hope its all working tomorrow

Farad, that could be a Vista thing as XP always seems to update OK. I have noticed that brokers will vary as to how soon they update. Maybe you could contact your broker or save your indicator folders etc and download a new MT4 then swap your folders for the new ones.
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  • #15
  • Apr 19, 2009 10:10pm Apr 19, 2009 10:10pm
I had the same problem with build 218 & 220, I downloaded build 223 and installed it into a different directory and the problem fixed itself.
Starting to see instead of just looking.
  • #16
  • May 6, 2009 5:29pm May 6, 2009 5:29pm
Hi,

I still can't import any EX.4 into any of my Metatrader programs.

I can get them to load into my indicator folder but when I open the MT4 program they disappear.

Does anyone else have any suggestions please.


thanks
Money grows on the tree of persistence
  • #17
  • May 6, 2009 5:41pm May 6, 2009 5:41pm
same thing just start happening to me ...
"Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see." Proverb
  • #18
  • May 6, 2009 5:46pm May 6, 2009 5:46pm
How many have you got in the folder? If there are a lot then it may have reached a max point within metatrader. Go into the indicator folder and remove some of the unused ones and try again... other then that, I have no idea.
  • #19
  • May 6, 2009 6:04pm May 6, 2009 6:04pm
Hi Trader,

No nothing as simple as that, I have uninstalled MT4, reinstalled and tried to import an EX.4 from the forum and what happens is I can load it into experts/indicators, I can see the icon there in my file.

As soon as I try to open MT4 the icon disappears and is no where to be found. I have posted a query on the MT4 forum but have had no reply yet.

Really weird, if my PC did not like it then how come I can save it into MT4.

I can load MQ.4 and EAs, I only have the problem with EX.4
Money grows on the tree of persistence
  • #20
  • Edited 7:20pm May 6, 2009 6:20pm | Edited 7:20pm
Quoting traderjai_inhi
Go into the indicator folder and remove some of the unused ones and try again... other then that, I have no idea.
this was a worthwhile in and of itself ... unfortunately, didn't solve the problem.

nor did this one ...

Quoting FOREXflash
Go to indicators folder, find a file with extension *.dat......delete that file,
restart MT4, it will reload all off your indicators and they will work!

Regards
or these ones ...

Quoting mparker
--- try cleaning the registry and the usual stuff and see if that helps

check spyware, which really plays with some applications and then my knowledge ends, but that usually does it for me

mp
and not this ...

Quoting mrgreen
You can also try to repair the current install. Do the Demo 1st.
Click /START/All Programs/(MT4-install)/Uninstall.
Select the 'Repair' option. Then reopen and see if it helped.
but, i will press on working my way thru the suggestions ... (thanks for all)
"Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see." Proverb
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