Why does the MATLAB crash when opening files after installing Windows Update KB4013429 (March 2017)?

Why does the MATLAB crash when opening files after installing Windows Update KB4013429 (March 2017)?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Some users have reported experiencing MATLAB crashes while trying to open files after the Windows update KB4013429 in March 2017:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-14-2017-kb4013429-os-build-14393-953-98311d1b-25aa-ea9a-5f9e-335c35d5f9d7

These crashes appear to be related to changes that were introduced in Windows update KB4013429, which have been addressed in Windows update KB4015438.

Users have reported that installing Windows update KB4015438 prevents MATLAB from crashing:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-20-2017-kb4015438-os-build-14393-969-7e789f94-2456-7bdf-530e-a9feb1eb59ee

If installing Windows update KB4015438 does not help to prevent MATLAB from crashing, please contact MathWorks Technical Support:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html