Change what folder matlab starts up with

Ok this is probably a stupid question but nothing I found on the internet works for me. When you start up MatLab there's the current folder box at the top where you can browse to a directory you want MatLab to look for file in. Is there anyway that I can set there the folder looks at the start. Make it go from:

'C:\Documents and Settings\comp101'

to:

'C:\Documents and Settings\comp101\Desktop'

something like that.

Answer 1

[Adam Filion]

There's a doc page with examples on how to do this:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2012a/techdoc/matlab_env/bs6j57e-1.html#bs6j57e-7

[Sean de Wolski]

strcmp('startup.m','start-up.m')

[Adam Filion]

If you need it to start directly there rather than run a script first, then you need to try one of the other two options. Either of those should start it directly in that folder.

Answer 2

[grapevine]

Try to modify the variable : userpath

http://www.mathworks.nl/help/techdoc/matlab_env/bs6j57e-1.html

http://www.mathworks.nl/help/techdoc/ref/userpath.html

here you can find an extensive how-to

http://www.mathworks.nl/help/matlab/matlab_env/startup-folder-for-the-matlab-program.html