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clearpicks 2008.02.15 07:16 
Is it possible to configure the location of the three directories (with subdirectories) where working files can be placed? I'd like to configure one of them on a ramdisk so that it can communicate with other programs through files without actual writing on harddisk. Also how to retrieve the names of all exisitng files under a directory?


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phy 2008.02.15 07:31 

You can put it on RamDisk.

I have my History folder on RamDisk due to some performance issues


How to:

Create RamDisk.

Copy C:\Program File\MetaTrader\..\someFolder to RamDisk.

delete/rename original directory at C:\Program File\MetaTrader\..\someFolder

Create an NTFS junction ( like posix symbolic link ) from the Ramdisk folder to the metatrader directory tree in each MT4 installation.

Create the link for the FOLDER not for the files.

done.

Using Ramdisk from:

http://www.ramdisk.tk/


Also:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx

..or

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html



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