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Indicators not showing up in Explorer

  • #1
  • First Post: Sep 8, 2010 12:01pm Sep 8, 2010 12:01pm
I was wondering if anyone has had the same situation. I have 2 computers that I can trade with. One operates in XP and the other one operates in Vista.

My XP system, I have no issues with. But with my Vista machine I am encountering a confusing thing.

My trade station operates fine on my Vista machine, I can see my indicator list in the navigator and the indi's work fine. But when I go to explorer to try to copy the indi's on my vista computer to a flash drive, not all of the indicators show up?

Can anyone point me in the right direction in how to resolve this problem?

Thanks,

Lohad
  • #2
  • Sep 8, 2010 12:15pm Sep 8, 2010 12:15pm
???
Which folder do you see?
  • #3
  • Sep 8, 2010 12:33pm Sep 8, 2010 12:33pm
Taiyakixz,

My file structure is:

crogram filesBrokerexpertsindicators.

I would say about 80% of them show up, but a few do not. I am not sure why.

But they all show up in my mt4 under the navigator, custom indicator screen

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lohad
  • #4
  • Sep 8, 2010 12:42pm Sep 8, 2010 12:42pm
Quoting lohad
I was wondering if anyone has had the same situation. I have 2 computers that I can trade with. One operates in XP and the other one operates in Vista.

My XP system, I have no issues with. But with my Vista machine I am encountering a confusing thing.

My trade station operates fine on my Vista machine, I can see my indicator list in the navigator and the indi's work fine. But when I go to explorer to try to copy the indi's on my vista computer to a flash drive, not all of the indicators show up?

Can anyone point me in the right direction...
Try this. It is to do with how Vista stops applications writing to the Program Folder and stores the data elsewhere
  • #5
  • Sep 8, 2010 12:56pm Sep 8, 2010 12:56pm
Quoting lohad
Taiyakixz,

My file structure is:

crogram filesBrokerexpertsindicators.

I would say about 80% of them show up, but a few do not. I am not sure why.

But they all show up in my mt4 under the navigator, custom indicator screen

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Lohad
Check C: Users->user name->AppData->Local->VirtualStore->metatrader name->experts->indicators
I think that indicators what you cannot find are stored there.
  • #6
  • Sep 8, 2010 1:01pm Sep 8, 2010 1:01pm
Royston,

Thanks a ton! I am now able to find all of my indi's. Damn Vista. Does 7 do the same thing?

Thanks again!

Lohad
  • #7
  • Edited Sep 9, 2010 12:59am Sep 8, 2010 4:50pm | Edited Sep 9, 2010 12:59am
I have used Vista and now have a Windows 7 system and can't see any difference in the file handling / searching capabilities. But don't point your finger at Microsoft. The real source of the problem is MetaQuotes Software Corp who refuse to adapt to the new realities of how to properly and securely store data on computers. They are stuck in the 90s in their thinking.

Edit: I was looking at the MT5 platform today and noticed that the files are where they should be - under C:Users
  • #8
  • Sep 9, 2010 8:14am Sep 9, 2010 8:14am
I hear ya CodeMeister.

Your explanation makes sense. However the Vista BS has frustrated me in other ways, that they get the blame by default.

Lohad
  • #9
  • Sep 10, 2010 9:05am Sep 10, 2010 9:05am
Its not Vista's fault. Its Metatrader trying to store them where they do not belong. C:/program files is not the place for applications to store files. Period. No excuse.

The only thing that could be blamed on vista is that it does not completely refuse to let MT4 run at all! Consequently! The correct behavior would have been to immediately pop up a message box saying that MT4 will be terminated. This would have forced the MetaQuotes programmers to finally fix this annoying bug long before vista hit the streets and to finally conform to the standards that have been established already 15 years ago and virtually all the other applications that exist on this planet comply already.
  • #10
  • Sep 19, 2010 6:45pm Sep 19, 2010 6:45pm
Quoting lohad
I was wondering if anyone has had the same situation. I have 2 computers that I can trade with. One operates in XP and the other one operates in Vista.

My XP system, I have no issues with. But with my Vista machine I am encountering a confusing thing.

My trade station operates fine on my Vista machine, I can see my indicator list in the navigator and the indi's work fine. But when I go to explorer to try to copy the indi's on my vista computer to a flash drive, not all of the indicators show up?

Can anyone point me in the right direction...
My temp solution to the problem as a Vista user, is to save two times. Once to my desktop and then the same file is saved in the metatrader folders. This is the case whether they are experts, scripts, indicators or templates.

Always save to the desktop one, as the copy saved into the MT folders will only be recognisable by metaeditor, and will occassionally revert back to previous versions (that you supposably saved over). But the one saved to the desktop is stable.
  • #11
  • Sep 19, 2010 7:52pm Sep 19, 2010 7:52pm
Quoting aquaart
My temp solution to the problem as a Vista user, is to save two times
Permanent solution would be to install MT4 into a different folder. (not into "program files")
  • #12
  • Last Post: Sep 20, 2010 4:23am Sep 20, 2010 4:23am
Thank you for all of the input. I am able to find all of my information now.

Thanks again,

Lohad
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