MATLAB® & Simulink® Release Notes for R2008a

Installation and Activation

Activation

Beginning with R2008a, all products in the MATLAB^® and Simulink^® product families will require activation. For more information, see Activation Overview.

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Default License File Search Path Has Changed

MATLAB no longer looks for the License File in matlabroot\bin\win32 or matlabroot\bin\win64 on Microsoft^® Windows^® systems, or matlabroot/etc on UNIX^®, Linux^®, and Macintosh^® systems. (matlabroot represents the name of your MATLAB installation directory, as returned by the matlabroot command.)

MATLAB now looks for the License File in a directory associated with a particular user:

• For UNIX:

  $HOME/.matlab/R2008a_licenses/

• For Windows:

  $USERPROFILE\Application Data\MathWorks\MATLAB\R2008a_licenses

If it cannot find the License File there, MATLAB looks in the matlabroot\licenses directory.

UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvald. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.

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Renamed Products

Compatibility Considerations