Does a Matlab compiled program require Admin privileges to create folders under Documents folder?

I am trying to debug a remote installation of an exe that I created using the Matlab compiler. The exe works fine on my machine and the remote system does not have Matlab, so it is difficult to figure out why the exe is not working. I will note that the exe creates a folder under the Windows Documents folder, which it then populates with data files. Is there any chance that Windows requires permissions that the exe lacks in order to modify the Documents folder? Any other general debugging tips on a remote exe installation?

[KAE]

It turned out I had incorrectly formatted a directory creation statement.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

It is unlikely that is the problem, but not impossible.

You should be writing your code with the general form

filename = fullfile(....);
[fid, msg] = fopen(filename, 'w');
if fid < 0
   error('Failed to open filename "%s" because: "%s"\n', filename, msg);
end
...
fclose(fid);

If you have a permission problem then that will show up in the msg

[KAE]

Useful suggestion, thanks. I found this suggestion to see the error messages that the exe generates so I know where to start debugging.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Where EXACTLY is the "Windows Documents" folder? If it's under C:\Windows or C:\Program Files, then you cannot save things there. If it's under C:\Users\KAE\Documents, then you should be able to save files there.

[KAE]

Yes, C:\Users\KAE\Documents\ is what I was referring to, so I will need to bark up some different trees in terms of debugging.