Problems when closing Metatrader4
Hi everybody
I have this strange problem:
I usually keep my PC on at all times.
I just shut PC down for a Windows Update while Metatrader4 was started.
When I started Metatrader after the reboot, ALL support/resistance lines I have traced were missing. From on ALL the opened charts.
After that I tried to just close Metatrader after setting the proper lines on each charts that I have opened. The trendlines/support/resistance lines were saved
However, this morning, after closing Metatrader AND restarting it ALL the support/resistance/trend lines were missing again.
I want to know where does Metatrader save the lines we draw (in which files, where are they located) so I can make copies of them, and replace them in case such an event occurs again
Thanks in advance
PS: I am using Metatrader, connected to the same trading account on several computers. of course that on each computer I have re-placed all the lines on slightly different positions. Could this mess things up ?
Dan
They are saved in the data folder/profiles/<current profile name>/*.chr files.
The bad news is, that those files get flushed (updated) only occasionally on changing profile or closing the terminal down by menu, close icon or alt-F4 (an exception further). So making a copy won't save what you can see right on the screen.
The other bad news is, there is a bug in the closing procedure in MT4; if the terminal gets closed by sending a system message (either from MQL or from Windows on restart/shutdown), the files are not updated either. It explains your lost objects.
They are saved in the data folder/profiles/<current profile name>/*.chr files.
The bad news is, that those files get flushed (updated) only occasionally on changing profile or closing the terminal down by menu, close icon or alt-F4 (an exception further). So making a copy won't save what you can see right on the screen.
The other bad news is, there is a bug in the closing procedure in MT4; if the terminal gets closed by sending a system message (either from MQL or from Windows on restart/shutdown), the files are not updated either. It explains your lost objects.
Is changing to MT5 a solution to this problem ?
They are saved in the data folder/profiles/<current profile name>/*.chr files.
The bad news is, that those files get flushed (updated) only occasionally on changing profile or closing the terminal down by menu, close icon or alt-F4 (an exception further). So making a copy won't save what you can see right on the screen.
The other bad news is, there is a bug in the closing procedure in MT4; if the terminal gets closed by sending a system message (either from MQL or from Windows on restart/shutdown), the files are not updated either. It explains your lost objects.
You know, the interesting part was that after all lines have been drawn, I did exit from the Metatrader4, and started it again.
Everything was fine. After some other exit/start sequence all the lines were gone. So, they have been somehow deleted by metatrader itself, or by some error/bug in Metatrader.
PS: I am running Metatrader 4 on Windows 7 x64
Dan
Or some indicator/EA deletes them. I have no such problem. (Shutdown terminal before rebooting.)
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Hi everybody
I have this strange problem:
I usually keep my PC on at all times.
I just shut PC down for a Windows Update while Metatrader4 was started.
When I started Metatrader after the reboot, ALL support/resistance lines I have traced were missing. From on ALL the opened charts.
After that I tried to just close Metatrader after setting the proper lines on each charts that I have opened. The trendlines/support/resistance lines were saved
However, this morning, after closing Metatrader AND restarting it ALL the support/resistance/trend lines were missing again.
I want to know where does Metatrader save the lines we draw (in which files, where are they located) so I can make copies of them, and replace them in case such an event occurs again
Thanks in advance
PS: I am using Metatrader, connected to the same trading account on several computers. of course that on each computer I have re-placed all the lines on slightly different positions. Could this mess things up ?
Dan