ffsss wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 2:13 am And would still continue working (can open buy sell operations?) or would it be like "offline" mode if i do that? Does this create any problem?
Thanks for your answer!

ChuChu Rocket wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 1:46 am The only way to to stop MT4 (and also MT5) from updating

In Windows, completely remove all access privileges to the directories where the updates are being stored.

Don't change the actual Ownership of the directories.

The primary directory is:
"%APPDATA%\MetaQuotes\WebInstall"

To block updates, revoke permissions to the download directory:
"%APPDATA%\MetaQuotes\Tester\LiveUpdate"

You'll need to know how to set Permissions and Security Settings for directories on your Windows but that's the guaranteed way of doing it.

global wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:38 am Hi, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that if you block Metatrader from updating Metaquotes will somehow block you from using MT4. I did a google search to see if I could find the source of that info but I didn't find anything. If anyone comes across proof of that then please post it here. Thanks.

global wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:38 am Hi, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that if you block Metatrader from updating Metaquotes will somehow block you from using MT4

ffsss wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:59 am That is dissapointing.

Koalala wrote: Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:57 pm the way to prevent updating is this

terminal.exe /portable /skipupdate

Koalala wrote: Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:00 pm in your MT4 folder, you create a .txt file with the usual right click from your mous
then
you paste
terminal.exe /portable /skipupdate
in it
and you rename the .txt file in .cmd. Now you launch the terminal.exe by clicking the .cmd file. Always do this way and your terminal.exe will not update