Where are the downloaded MATLAB installation files located?

I have downloaded MATLAB, but cannot find the files that I downloaded.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Unless you selected a specific folder to save the files to, they will be in the default location. The download agent selects the following directories by default:

WINDOWS:

$TEMP\mathworks_downloads

To find $TEMP, go to your Start Menu and go to Run (or Start Search in Vista or Windows 7). Type:

%temp%

and press enter. This will open a Windows Explorer window in your $TEMP directory.

LINUX/UNIX:

/tmp/mathworks/downloads

MAC:

/Users/{username}/Desktop/mathworks_downloads/{release}/

where {username} is the login name of the user who is downloading, and {release} indicates the version of MATLAB (for example, R2008b)

If you use the manual download process, your web browser will either prompt for the location to download for each file, or use pre-defined web browser settings.