Can someone please verify MT4 DDE to Excel is working in Win 7 64 bit - page 2

 

Works . . . 

 

 

Thank you very much.  Now I can look for conflicting programs or MS updates that maybe interfering.

 
mikeyap9:

Thank you very much.  Now I can look for conflicting programs or MS updates that maybe interfering.

Maybe ... you should ask RaptorUK where did he install his MT4 ?,

;D 

 
phi.nuts:

Maybe ... you should ask RaptorUK where did he install his MT4 ?,

;D 

;-)  C:\MT4 Installs\Alpari\Live\
 

Phi.nuts, you are correct in your first response.  I apologize, I dismissed it.  I finally installed in a different dir and it worked.  I think Window7 prevents access to program dirs like c:\Program Files or C:\Program Files(x86)

Thanks. 

 

Back to the drawing board.  It wasn't the location that was the problem.  I finally tracked it down to a conflicting process.  If soffice.exe is running and UAC is on, DDE does not work.

Configuration:

Windows7 64

Excel 2010 64

MT4 32

I don't know about other configs.  To make DDE work, sofice has to be given admin privileges or removed.   

 
soffice.exe . .   Star Office ?
 

Yes.  It was installed by Lotus Symphony on my system before I upgraded to Excel 2010 and some Windows Update that's difficult to track.  It's working now so happy again.

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