Activating MatLab on non-administrator Windows account

I currently have my computer set up so that I don't do any work on my Administrator account for security reasons.

However, when I attempt to activate my MatLab, it does not work on my User Account but it will run on the Administrator account.

How can I solve this? I don't want anything to run with my Administrator account.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

MATLAB normally requires administrative privileges to install, because it normally stores under C:\Program Files which is protected by MS Window's UAC (User Access Control) facilities.

However, you can tell MATLAB to install under a user writable directory.

Once you have installed under a user writable directory, the activation process involves fetching and writing a license file. As the account administrator, you can visit mathworks.com and ask for the license file content. The location to store it is then described in the following link: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/99147-where-are-the-license-files-for-matlab-located . If you are logged in as the user, you should be able to write that file.