- Normally it goes in the user's appData directory.
- Or, you install the terminal else where and start it in /portable mode, the data goes in the install directory.
- Or you move the directory elsewhere and use mklink/jto create a directory junction to redirect to it.
- Normally it goes in the user's appData directory.
- Or, you install the terminal else where and start it in /portable mode, the data goes in the install directory.
- Or you move the directory elsewhere and use mklink/jto create a directory junction to redirect to it.
Thanks
Firstly close all the MetaTraders versions.
Use this commands in "cmd" windows:
robocopy /E /MOVE "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes" "F:\MetaQuotes" mklink /j "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes" "F:\MetaQuotes"
<USER> The username of your windows.
"C:\" It's the current windows drive installed.
"F:\MetaQuotes" It's new path.
Firstly close all the MetaTraders versions.
Use this commands in "cmd" windows:
<USER> The username of your windows.
"C:\" It's the current windows drive installed.
"F:\MetaQuotes" It's new path.
After running the
robocopy
command I had to rename the last folder in the original destination, due to "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" error. Worked fine after that.
After running the
command I had to rename the last folder in the original destination, due to "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" error. Worked fine after that.
The existence or absence of destination folder ("F:\MetaQuotes" in here) is not important and has no effect. Because "robocopy" creates it.
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Hi guys,
I need to download a lot of data on my metatrader 4 using TickStory lite for backtesting, but my free space on C: is small than the amount of data need to download. Then need to move the datafolder to another partition.
How can I move the datafolder to D: or anoter disk with more free space?