How to move MT4 Data Folder to another place?

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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?

 
  1. Normally it goes in the user's appData directory.
  2. Or, you install the terminal else where and start it in /portable mode, the data goes in the install directory.
  3. Or you move the directory elsewhere and use
    mklink/j
    to create a directory junction to redirect to it.
 
WHRoeder:
  1. Normally it goes in the user's appData directory.
  2. Or, you install the terminal else where and start it in /portable mode, the data goes in the install directory.
  3. Or you move the directory elsewhere and use
    mklink/j
    to create a directory junction to redirect to it.
Make that... works for me.

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.


 
NabiKAZ:

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.

 
John Davis:

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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