How can I remove the directory created upon startup in 'My Documents'?

It appears that MATLAB creates a directory at "C:\My Documents\MATLAB".

I would like to remove this directory. I tried the following two things without success:

1. The DOS command - 'rm' using the BANG (!) operator returns the following error

    at the MATLAB command prompt,

Access Denied.

2. If I modify the startup directory as follows:

a. Right click on the MATLAB shortcut on the desktop. Select Properties.

b. For Target, type "$MATLABROOT\R2007b\bin\matlab.exe" -sd myStartupDirectoryPath.

and launch MATLAB using this desktop shortcut, MATLAB starts in myStartupDirectory but still creates a folder 'MATLAB' in the default Windows 'My documents'.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

For MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a), follow the steps listed below.

- Start MATLAB

- Go to File-->Set Path...

- In the MATLAB search path window, highlight the default directory you want removed, e.g. "C:\My Documents\MATLAB"

- Click Remove

- Click Save

- Click Close

- Manually delete the default directory

- The next time MATLAB restarts, it should no longer create that directory

For MATLAB 7.5 (R2007b), put the following MATLAB script file in your startup directory:

x=pwd;

cd('$yourMyDocumentsPath\')

!rmdir MATLAB

cd(x);

where $yourMyDocumentsPath is your My Documents directory. Run this script file after starting MATLAB. The above script will delete the 'MATLAB' folder in 'My Documents' when the session of MATLAB is ended.