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Does Meta Trader 4 run smoothly on Windows 7?

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 23, 2010 3:14am Mar 23, 2010 3:14am
Hi, apologies if this has been discussed already... i am considering getting a new laptop and these days they all come with Windows 7 instead of the good old windows xp. so i wonder if mt4 works? the official site has no specs, hence posting here.

appreciate the time u will tk to respond and share your experience
  • #2
  • Mar 23, 2010 6:12am Mar 23, 2010 6:12am
Quoting radiohead
Hi, apologies if this has been discussed already... i am considering getting a new laptop and these days they all come with Windows 7 instead of the good old windows xp. so i wonder if mt4 works? the official site has no specs, hence posting here.

appreciate the time u will tk to respond and share your experience
My MT4 runs just fine in Win 7. Never had a problem really!
  • #3
  • Mar 23, 2010 7:09am Mar 23, 2010 7:09am
Yes, it works.
  • #4
  • Mar 24, 2010 1:15am Mar 24, 2010 1:15am
Why wouldn't it work?
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  • #5
  • Mar 25, 2010 3:11pm Mar 25, 2010 3:11pm
Works well on Win7 x64 Ultimate
  • #6
  • Mar 25, 2010 3:13pm Mar 25, 2010 3:13pm
Quoting Oksana17
Why wouldn't it work?
Same reason MT4 doesn't play well with Vista
  • #7
  • Mar 25, 2010 3:30pm Mar 25, 2010 3:30pm
It works pretty well, the only problems is with complex EA and Indicators that write files on the system, in Vista/Seven MetaTrader doesn't have the right to write those files if you don't either launch it in administrator mode or change user access needed in the C:/Programs/Meta Trader folder

Same problem actually goes for the Editor.
  • #8
  • Apr 9, 2010 5:37am Apr 9, 2010 5:37am
I found by partitioning my hard drive (ie create another drive say E:/) and loading and running MT4 from there a lot of issues disappeared - for example Vista run from the C drive creates "Compatibility" folders and moves indicators into them causing a great deal of confusion.
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  • #9
  • Last Post: Apr 9, 2010 11:21am Apr 9, 2010 11:21am
Quoting fx2248
I found by partitioning my hard drive (ie create another drive say E:/) and loading and running MT4 from there a lot of issues disappeared
You don't even need a separate partition. Just install it in some folder inside your user profile, for example a folder inside your "my documents" folder or a folder on your desktop.
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