Issue with Server Java files(?) - unable to launch R2013b with JRE7 on Win 7 x64

My system is running Windows 7 x64 and I have JDK 7u51 AND JRE 7 update 51 (latest) installed in the standard directory on my C:\ partition.

Everything started when i got the "Failure Loading Desktop Class" error specified in the following answer upon trying to launch MATLAB: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/92929

So I followed the instructions given there - tried running from the bin folder to no avail and then added an Enviroment Variable as instructed.

Variable name: MATLAB_JAVA , Variable value: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7 (also tried x64 java files from "program files" w/o "(x86)")

However, this gave me a NEW error upon startup of MATLAB: "Warning: Unable to find Java library: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\server\jvm.dll Please check if you have a MATLAB_JAVA environment variable. Note that MATLAB requires Java version 1.4 or higher."

I checked my Java directory and it turns out I don't have a "jre7\bin\server" folder at all. There's the "bin\client" folder with a similiar file though.

So I downloaded "Server Java" files which comes with the JDK package. Only - when i try to launch MATLAB with the environment variable set to JDK directory it gives me the ol' "Failure Loading Desktop Class" again.

Finally I tried copying the "bin\server" folder from JDK to JRE7 - and then MATLAB crashes half a second after showing the splash screen, giving no errors. (Tried both using x64 and x86 versions of Jre folders)

What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help you can provide!

[Carmen]

I am having the same problem. Has a solution been found?

[Wiktor]

No sorry. Never got any support here, as you can see, and after 5 hours of frustration I just gave up all together. I thought I was the only one with this cursed issue - I wasn't able to find anyone anywhere discussing it.

[Wayne]

Bump. I have the exact same issue. It's been a year. Won't someone from Mathworks help solve this?

[Mika]

Bump, encountered the same problem today.

[Jason]

I just had the same problem, and was able to fix it. This may not work for others, but here's what happened to me. When I went to install Java, the java website's default was to install 32-bit (which installs in the Program Files (x86) folder). However, the matlab version I'm using (R2015b) appears to be 64-bit. In Matlab, you can type

computer('arch')

to find out what your version you're using. So, back on the Java download page, I had to follow the "See all Java downloads" link and get the 64-bit version (which is apparently NOT the default). This installed into the Program Files directory. I changed MATLAB_PATH to point to this version and everything works.

Unfortunately, I don't have any insight into the "Failure Loading Desktop Class" error, sorry!