Five humble bugs/requests
I think I know why my MT5 is behaving badly and I think it's a bug
my MT5 is from an old version that I always update, but it is separated from it's original installation directory
so I think there is a problem when it's updating, it doesn't fully update ? which is why I have an "old" MT5?
i'm not sure at this point
[M]y MT5 is from an old version that I always update, but it is separated from it's original installation directory[.]
Yes, that will certainly cause some problems─unless you originally went through the extra process of installing MT5 in Portable Mode. During regular installation, all MT5 data is saved to an AppData folder (hidden by default) folder in your Windows Users folder. Your best bet is to unhide your AppData folder, save a backup copy thereof, reinstall MT5 anew, and then copy over whichever files you need from the backup folder to your new MT5 Data Folder.
And third, when the strategy tester window is left opened, it interacts with Windows in some way, disabling right click, making files unable to be renamed (menus don't work), mainly in MetaEditor, but outside as well
Close the window ? voilà, everything works again
Fourth, the indicators drawn on my charts "flicker" when i'm scrolling left and right, arrows, curves, anything really. It has been there since I first tried MT5 (my previous PC)
Fifth : allow us to display more M5/M1 bars in charts. I don't understand why their number is cutoff like that, there is not enough bars I have only 3 months of M1 bars this is not enough
please let us decide how many bars we want to draw
MT5 has a setting to decide how many bar to keep. Use it.
Beside that, the number of bars really available depends on the broker data.
I think I know why my MT5 is behaving badly and I think it's a bug
my MT5 is from an old version that I always update, but it is separated from it's original installation directory
so I think there is a problem when it's updating, it doesn't fully update ? which is why I have an "old" MT5?
i'm not sure at this point
Yes, that will certainly cause some problems─unless you originally went through the extra process of installing MT5 in Portable Mode. During regular installation, all MT5 data is saved to an AppData folder (hidden by default) folder in your Windows Users folder. Your best bet is to unhide your AppData folder, save a backup copy thereof, reinstall MT5 anew, and then copy over whichever files you need from the backup folder to your new MT5 Data Folder.
Again assumption ? Ryan please !
Portable mode or not, that doesn't make any difference in terms of "problems".
It's a mystery to me. Who knows how or what got moved, replaced, deleted, or corrupted if the OP is unaware of what happened. That's why I recommend a fresh install.
A fresh install is fine. My point is something can be corrupted whatever how and where it's installed (portable or not, "old" version always updated or not). I have MT5 instances installed 6 or 7 years ago, updated with each beta and which works just fine.
Got it. Users generally set their data folder to the installation folder when installing in Portable Mode─else portability is rather defunct. To the extent that I assumed that one folder was affected and not the other by whatever happened, ok then.
Portable mode is only for convenience. Mainly when you want to place your data outside C: (System) drive. It also allow a user to have "all in one folder", you are then able to copy this folder to duplicate MT5 instances (without any installation), it works just fine. Again, it changes nothing in terms or reliability or "problems".
You can even run a same Terminal with and without portable mode, that would allow you to run it with 2 independent "user's data".
I don't recommend to do that though, unless you know exactly what you are doing.
(I moved to topic back to General section, it was in MT4 section, not sure why).
First could you please assign a shortcut, in the MetaEditor for "SaveAs" ? I never use "save all" and always use "save as"
having to always reach the menu just to save a copy is painful when you do that all day
Secondly could you please restore MT4 way of showing partial backtests if the backtest is stopped before the end ? I don't understand why it's not there.
it's a pain in the *ss to have to backtest all the way to have simple metrics
And third, when the strategy tester window is left opened, it interacts with Windows in some way, disabling right click, making files unable to be renamed (menus don't work), mainly in MetaEditor, but outside as well
Close the window ? voilà, everything works again
Fourth, the indicators drawn on my charts "flicker" when i'm scrolling left and right, arrows, curves, anything really. It has been there since I first tried MT5 (my previous PC)
Fifth : allow us to display more M5/M1 bars in charts. I don't understand why their number is cutoff like that, there is not enough bars I have only 3 months of M1 bars this is not enough
please let us decide how many bars we want to draw
thanks
Jef