Simulink display problem in older releases after Windows Vista / Windows 7 update

In end of January 2016 I installed an update for Windows Vista / Windows 7.

Since then I am experiencing a display issue when using one of the following Simulink releases: R2008a/b, R2009a/b, R2010a/b.

When clicking somewhere on the Model canvas, the whole screen from above up to the position of the mouse cursor gets black or a previously opened window appears in the area.

How can I work around this issue?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Unfortunately, this is an incompatibility issue which was introduced by the recent update.

As this issue is only appearing with older releases of MATLAB it is unlikely that we can provide a patch.

Therefore we would like to recommend you to use one of the following workarounds:

• Update to a newer operating system
• Update to a more recent release of MATLAB
• Uninstall the Windows Vista Update that is causing the issue

Additionally, some of our customers mentioned that the following workarounds are suitable for them:

• Right-click on the MATLAB shortcut and select the "Compatibility" tab. On this tab, check the last two checkboxes from the Settings group: "Disable desktop composition" and "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings".
• Disable Windows Aero.