I got a really bad situation when I tried to install or place indicators on the new build 574 or 600 on my broker which provides me MT4 platform. This new build brings a lot of issues for old products and many people are very disappointed and pissed off because of all this. But for those who updated their platform it works fine if the EA is simple and does not use any .dll.
Below are simple steps how to place your Indicators/Experts into new MT4 platform
1. Open your MT4 platform
2. Click File -- Open Data Folder ( Here you will find a folder called MQL4, this is the new "home" for all your .ex4 or .mq4 files you have)
3.1 Place your experts .ex4 or .mq4 files into MQL4/Experts folder or
3.2 Place your indicators .ex4 or .mq4 files into MQL4/Indicators folder or
3.3 Place your scripts .ex4 or .mq4 files into MQL4/Scripts folder or
3.4 Place your templates .tpl files into templates folder (it is located just as you Open your Data Folder)
and so on for other files of yours
4. The Final step is to restart your MT4 platform and You are good to go
Let me know if you have any other errors 🙂
I placed .EX4 file into indecators folder, but all of them file is MQL4. so I don’t see that file in MT4. what I need to do?
Thanks very much!
You need to place your .ex4 file in Indicators folder only after you open it using File–> Open Data Folder from the MT4 menu, then you need to restart the MT4
i did it exactly as above but it does not show in the platforn… it seems nothing works
Just make sure you click on the File — Open Data Folder from the right platform and place the ex4 files accordingly. What you try to place? an indicator, ea or script?