Any reason why log file would be empty

Running the same EA on multiple machines and im finding on odd occassion that the log file on certain machines doesnt seem to be working - ie, its empty.

Im at a loss to know why - if anyone has any ideas ?

thx

some are running on xp and some are on vista/7 ? i.e. you are looking in the wrong directory on vista/7.

what log file are you actually talking about btw?

yeh the specific machine is win7 - im talking about the ones in /experts/logs

yeah forget it. wrong place.


or just program files and not program files (x86) if not on 64 bit win7, i believe.

that, or just save yourself a bunch of trouble and copy the mt4 directory to somewhere else and run it from there instead of from the normal program files installation directory. vista/7 create folders that are separate from the program files directory and dumps non-vista/7 designed file outputs there. it's either a security or install/uninstall issue they are creating a workaround for. i guess it's like back when win3.1 programs would dump files all throughout the OS file system randomly creating a big fat mess, so now vista/7 prevent this type of crud buildup.

thats very interesting - something i didnt look into previously.

But on this particular machine i couldnt even find the appdata folder - so ive moved the whole mt4 folder as you suggested and instantly the log file appeared.

Thats great info - thx for your help

Im still having this issue on some user PCs - im hoping someone out there has some suggestions as to why im getting no logging at all on these machines

thx