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where are my EA and Files stored?

On MT4 if I create an EA I can see it using windows explorer (windows 7) in the experts folder. If my EA opens a file I can see it using windows explorer in the expert/files folder. On MT5 I cant find either of these using windows explorer anywhere in the Meta Trader 5 - Alpari UK folder and sub

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Stratagy Tester not showing experts

Help please - not sure why but stratagy tester expert box will not show experts but will show " Moving Average .ex4"

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Date and time

Have been looking at date and time functions and admit that being 68 years old doesn't help. All i want to do is be able to stop my EA from trading for 24 business hours when things are going against me and then let the EA continue from where it stops after 24hrs have passed (at the end of the 24

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for loops

I seem to remember being advised that when using a for loop it is better to use it to count down rather than up. please can you remind me why

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for loops

I seem to remember being advised that when using a for loop it is better to use it to count down rather than up. please can you remind me why

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deletion of mail and prevention/deletion of news

How can I mass delete mail items and how can i prevent/delete news items

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CPU usage 100%

I am experiencing a problem whereby task manager shows CPU to be nearly 100% occupied with ( demo account ) terminal.exe. This only occurrs when the EA has been running for a long time (2-3 weeks). Logs show no activity at this time and trade profits are changing on ticks as expected. Memory usage

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Virtual Servers and Global Variables

I am interested in the new virtual server but have a problem with the global variable statement saying that they will not work. My current MT4 EA uses "TradeBusy", "TradeNotBusy" global variable to prevent problems with opening/closing trades. How can I get around the problem to ensure I do not miss

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where are my data files

I can generate and use files in Metatrader but sometimes wish to manually delete a file when i have run demos. Files used to be stored in Metaeditor under MQL4_Files - where are they now please

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iHighest iLowest

I know what iHighest/iLowest do but have found that these are quite often hit by spikes in the price. Is there an easy way to ignore the highest and/or lowest and get the second or even third highest or lowest