Why does MATLAB hang when trying to start on Windows Vista or Windows 7?
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Cannot start MATLAB on windows Vista. MATLAB hangs at the splash screen.
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MathWorks Support Team
on 23 Aug 2010
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This occurs because MATLAB is unable to generate the preferences directory needed to start MATLAB. You will need to manually create the preferences folder for the MATLAB version:
The directory is:
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\MathWorks\MATLAB\<version>
Example: C:\Users\jdoe\AppData\Roaming\MathWorks\MATLAB\R2007a
Once this folder has been created, start MATLAB once again, as it should now open successfully.
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