Here is an email I received from a Seller on MQL5.com after what I purchased suddenly stopped working. It seems fraudulent to me that "one time" purchases on MQL5 now have to be purchased again because they are NOT honoring what they state in their "Added activations" link for MT4 products.
"Metaquotes have stopped adding activations on the MT4 platform when you patch Windows 10/11 every 6 months, so they have effectively changed their platform such that "one time purchase licenses" now run out on MT4.
We can only speculate that they may have done this to encourage users to move to MT5 from MT4 that's in maintenance mode and considered "end of life"
Added activations for purchased Market products following Windows 11 Version 22H2 Update release
In theory they are still adding activations for indicators purchased for the MT5 platform (see link above), however if you have activated on more than two computers it's possible you will run out of activations in the future.
The only workaround we're aware of is to back out the recent windows upgrade that has been applied.
However this isn't a long term solution as Microsoft will force the updates onto your computer at some stage down the line.
We as vendors have no control of the Metaquotes market and their activation system and we are as frustrated as everyone else about this issue.
We have increased activations to alleviate this issue, however this only applies to new purchases
Many thanks,
******"
"Metaquotes have stopped adding activations on the MT4 platform when you patch Windows 10/11 every 6 months, so they have effectively changed their platform such that "one time purchase licenses" now run out on MT4.
We can only speculate that they may have done this to encourage users to move to MT5 from MT4 that's in maintenance mode and considered "end of life"
Added activations for purchased Market products following Windows 11 Version 22H2 Update release
In theory they are still adding activations for indicators purchased for the MT5 platform (see link above), however if you have activated on more than two computers it's possible you will run out of activations in the future.
The only workaround we're aware of is to back out the recent windows upgrade that has been applied.
However this isn't a long term solution as Microsoft will force the updates onto your computer at some stage down the line.
We as vendors have no control of the Metaquotes market and their activation system and we are as frustrated as everyone else about this issue.
We have increased activations to alleviate this issue, however this only applies to new purchases
Many thanks,
******"