Exness MT5 download for Windows — the 64-bit desktop terminal on a PC (Indonesia)
Which editions of Windows run the 64-bit MetaTrader 5 build, what the terminal wants at the first sign-in, and what the account keeps on the trade server while the PC is off.
Open Exness Account →MetaTrader 5 for Windows ships as a 64-bit desktop program, so it runs on any Windows 11 machine and on the 64-bit edition of Windows 10. The build comes from the Exness Personal Area, which is also where the MT5 trading account it opens is set up: an account opened for MetaTrader 4 will not sign in here. Positions and pending orders live on the trade server rather than on the computer, so the terminal can be closed, moved to another machine or reinstalled without touching them.
What the 64-bit MetaTrader 5 build needs from a Windows PC
- MetaTrader 5 for Windows is a 64-bit program: Windows 11 has no 32-bit edition at all, and on Windows 10 it is the 64-bit edition that runs the desktop terminal.
- An MT5 trading account is opened separately in the Personal Area, and only an MT5 account number signs in to this terminal — an MT4 account number is turned down.
- MT5 accounts at Exness use the hedging system, so a second trade on the same symbol opens as its own position instead of closing the first.
- Custom tools for this terminal are .ex5 files kept in the MQL5 folder of the terminal data folder, and an .ex4 file built for MetaTrader 4 does not load here.
- Open positions, pending orders and the Stop Loss and Take Profit levels attached to them are held on the trade server, so closing the terminal or switching the PC off does not remove them.
- Prices that stand still usually mean a closed session or a dropped connection rather than a failed install: the terminal moves quotes only while it is connected and the market is open.
What the 64-bit build needs from the machine
MetaTrader 5 for Windows is compiled as a 64-bit program, and that single detail decides which computers can run it. Windows 11 has no 32-bit edition at all, so any Windows 11 machine already qualifies; on Windows 10 the 64-bit edition is the one that matters, and a computer still running 32-bit Windows 10 is the one case where the desktop terminal cannot be installed. Beyond that it behaves like any ordinary desktop program — installed once, then started from the machine like anything else.
Where the file itself comes from, and the browser route that installs nothing, are set out on Exness for PC; what the platform does once it is running — charts, order types, analysis tools — belongs to the MetaTrader 5 page. What stays here is the Windows side: the edition of Windows, the first sign-in, and what the account keeps while the terminal is closed.
What the terminal holds and what the trade server holds
The desktop terminal is a view onto an account that lives on the trade server, not a place where the account is stored. Open positions, pending orders and the Stop Loss and Take Profit levels attached to them are held on that server, so closing the terminal, restarting Windows or switching the computer off does not remove them. The same fact explains why a second computer needs nothing more than those three details to show exactly the same account.
Two passwords are what usually stops a first sign-in. The one used for the Personal Area and the one belonging to the trading account are separate, as the login page sets out, and the terminal accepts only the second. A free demo account gives a second MT5 number to rehearse on, which tells a credentials problem apart from an install problem before a live account is funded.
From a Windows PC to the first sign-in
- Check the edition of Windows on the machine: Windows 11 is always 64-bit, while Windows 10 has to be the 64-bit edition.
- Open the Exness Personal Area and note the three details of the MT5 trading account the terminal will connect to: its number, its trading password and the server shown beside it.
- Install the MetaTrader 5 build offered for that account and start it.
- Give the terminal those three details when it asks for them — the number, the trading password, the server.
- Watch the quotes before anything is placed: a connected terminal keeps prices moving while the market is open.
A free demo MT5 account signs in to the same desktop build, so the install and the credentials can both be checked before a live account is funded.
What has to be ready before the first sign-in
| What is needed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| A 64-bit Windows machine | Windows 11 qualifies as it is, because it has no 32-bit edition; on Windows 10 the 64-bit edition is the one that runs the terminal. |
| An MT5 trading account | Set up in the Exness Personal Area, which is also where its number is shown. |
| The trading password of that account | Held with the account, and separate from the password used for the Personal Area itself. |
| The server the account sits on | Shown beside the account, and asked for at the first sign-in alongside the number and the password. |
Everything the terminal asks for is shown beside the account in the Personal Area.