Recovering custom indicators after a fatal computer crash!
Posted: Sep 22 2009
Hi Everyone,
I'm new on the boards and have a complicated (to me) issue.
I recently had a fatal crash of my XP computer. I had a lot of custom indicators I developed and some workspaces, strats, functions I developed on the computer. Everything was on MC 5.0.
I have an on-line backup service, so all the files are intact, off-site on a Mozy.com server. However, I CANNOT run the old computer - I can only copy and download anything that was on the old computer. Thus, I CANNOT archive and export my work.
I bought a new computer now (Vista x64 - I know, I'm sorry about that too ) and have installed a fresh copy of MC 5.5. I have access to all the TSSupport/MC files on the old computer, but cannot find my custom work. And remember, I cannot run the program on the old system - I can only copy the existing files and paste them somewhere else.
I contacted chat help today and was told to find a file called 'StudyServer' in a certain place and then to paste it into my new system. What I found was in a different place, but was called 'StudyServer' and is an .exe file. I assume this is the right one. I copied the StudyServer.exe from the old computer and pasted it IN PLACE OF the same named file on my new system.
When I fired up MC, I had no indicators available. None whatsoever, none of my custom work, but also no moving averages, no MACD, no stochastics - nothing. I opened up the Editor, and there were no indicators or signals, only the standard functions. Nothing to compile at all. I reversed the changes and all the standard indicators came back.
So the StudyServer is associated with the indicators, but did not solve my problems.
I want to be able to copy from my old computer files and paste into a fresh MC 5.5 and have all of my custom work restored. I hope I can get some help here on the board, as the Help Chat hours are exactly the same as my work hours and I can't really deal with this at work.
BTW, the StudyServer files on my systems are found as follows:
OLD MACHINE:
C:/Program Files/TS Support/MultiCharts/StudyServer.exe
NEW MACHINE:
C:/Program Files (x86)/TS Support/MultiCharts/StudyServer.exe
I appreciate any insight into this and would LOVE some explicit step by step instruction on how to do this.
Thanks!
Scott
I'm new on the boards and have a complicated (to me) issue.
I recently had a fatal crash of my XP computer. I had a lot of custom indicators I developed and some workspaces, strats, functions I developed on the computer. Everything was on MC 5.0.
I have an on-line backup service, so all the files are intact, off-site on a Mozy.com server. However, I CANNOT run the old computer - I can only copy and download anything that was on the old computer. Thus, I CANNOT archive and export my work.
I bought a new computer now (Vista x64 - I know, I'm sorry about that too ) and have installed a fresh copy of MC 5.5. I have access to all the TSSupport/MC files on the old computer, but cannot find my custom work. And remember, I cannot run the program on the old system - I can only copy the existing files and paste them somewhere else.
I contacted chat help today and was told to find a file called 'StudyServer' in a certain place and then to paste it into my new system. What I found was in a different place, but was called 'StudyServer' and is an .exe file. I assume this is the right one. I copied the StudyServer.exe from the old computer and pasted it IN PLACE OF the same named file on my new system.
When I fired up MC, I had no indicators available. None whatsoever, none of my custom work, but also no moving averages, no MACD, no stochastics - nothing. I opened up the Editor, and there were no indicators or signals, only the standard functions. Nothing to compile at all. I reversed the changes and all the standard indicators came back.
So the StudyServer is associated with the indicators, but did not solve my problems.
I want to be able to copy from my old computer files and paste into a fresh MC 5.5 and have all of my custom work restored. I hope I can get some help here on the board, as the Help Chat hours are exactly the same as my work hours and I can't really deal with this at work.
BTW, the StudyServer files on my systems are found as follows:
OLD MACHINE:
C:/Program Files/TS Support/MultiCharts/StudyServer.exe
NEW MACHINE:
C:/Program Files (x86)/TS Support/MultiCharts/StudyServer.exe
I appreciate any insight into this and would LOVE some explicit step by step instruction on how to do this.
Thanks!
Scott