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Welcome to the VanillaMT4 wiki!

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What it is NOT:

Different / hacked / modified terminal

    The terminal.exe MD5 is the same from the MetaQuotes installer


Broker Branded

What it DOES/IS:[list][] OPEN-SOURCE[] Installs a Plain MT4 without broker affiliations[*] Intended for all terminals to be run in "portable mode"

All MQL files are now in the same path as the terminal
The MT4 parent directory can be easily relocated to other machines/locations

    Drag and drop
    Run setup.exe every time the parent is moved!

[*] Clones the main terminal in the Parent directory

Run multiple terminals at once which all use the same history, MQL programs, and templates
Multi-screen (same or different broker)
Multi-broker
Multi-backtesting

[*] Symlinked folders to the MAIN "MT4" directory. Change anything in these folders and the same changes are synced across all terminals in the directory.

history
MQL4
templates
Sounds

Launches all terminals with one command (feature included in setup.exe)
Syncs MQL programs, templates, chart history across all clones in directory
Automatically fixes broken "portable" launchers and directory Symlinks

INSTRUCTIONS:

SETUP:

Download the zip package https://goo.gl/Fxr1Pc
Create a directory anywhere on any storage device accessible by Windows.

    C:
    Thumbdrive
    Cloud-synced folder (e.g. Dropbox)

Unzip package to new directory
Run setup.exe
Patiently wait for the terminal to finish the first launch
Prepare this terminal by logging in to all of your broker accounts. DO THIS BEFORE CLONING!
Replace the following folders in the new installation to pick up where you left off on your old MT4 installation

    MQL4
    templates
    Sounds (only if you have changed the .wav files)

CLONING:

Run setup.exe and select the cloning option
It will ask you to elevate privileges for applying Symlinks
Input the (SUM) number of clones you want in the directory

LAUNCHING TERMINALS:

!!!IMPORTANT - Always use the launcher (shortcut) to launch terminals. One will be automatically added to your desktop for the main terminal. All clones need to be launched from the shortcut which is included in its directory.
You can also run setup.exe and select the option to launch all terminals in the directory automatically.
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