Help with setting up MT4

Hello and apologies if this has been asked already. I've looked through the various threads and have become discouraged with recent posts on troubles with MT4 and custom indicators.. Here is the situation: previously I successfully installed MT4 on my XP desktop. It is build 600.

Yesterday, I tried to install it on my laptop, which is Win7 64bit, build 604. I installed it in the c:\ directory, NOT programs folder. I went to place my .tpl and .ex4 files in their proper places but the folder structure is different. There is no 'top' Experts folder. The Templates folder was in correct place but my templates don't show up in MT4. Below are screen shots of the folder structure for my XP and Win7 computers. Can someone tell me where the files are supposed to go for custom indicators. btw- MB Trading was VERY unresponsive to help with this.

Look here:

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...63#post7265163

Load only your ex4 files, mq4 files will not compile properly with the new MT4 build 600

Why so?
Anyway. The folder structure has changed. To go to your data folder, start terminal, go to File menu and chose Open Data Folder; an explorer window will open up; there templates go to templates folder; for experts and so on, go to folder MQL4, therein are folders named Experts, Indicators and Scripts; put your .ex4 files (compiled stuff only, not source) into their respective folders; restart terminal.


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Thank you both very much. I'm horrified by this change with zero info to clients and seemingly no documentation. I just got used to this platform and now reconsidering. The broker was of no use either.

Can either of you (or anyone else) direct me to info that explains what I need to do to compile the other indicators?

Thanks again!

No problem. If only people would read the docs/instructions first, much of the confusion would not exist in the first place: http://forum.mql4.com/60555

There in the first post all changes are addressed. Also, from now on, mql5 documentation is more appropriate than mql4 documentation (however not all features of mt5 have been ported back onto mt4).

Rockit,

Believe me, you're preaching to the choir about reading instructions, doc's etc. The problem I have is that in spite of being rather technically astute and familiar with programming and many platforms, the way brokers seem to deal with Metatrader is VERY different than futures and stocks platforms. My broker sends me no updates, directs me to no real resources, etc etc. And my current broker seems no different than any other FX broker. I assure you, Ninjatrader does not do business this way. I make my living programming in Ninja and supporting Ninja clients, and Metatrader, in terms of technical support, is a joke in comparison.

Thanks very much for the above link, I'll be studying this carefully!