The installation process for MATLAB crashes silently during the post-installation steps on Windows 10 Builds 1809 and later. This results in an incomplete installation of MATLAB products. Some of the symptoms of this incomplete installation include the following:
- MATLAB did not go through an activation process, instead requiring you to go through activation when first starting up MATLAB.
- MATLAB uninstaller is not registered, and MATLAB is not found under the list of applications that could be uninstalled via Windows Settings utility (Windows Settings -> Apps -> Apps & features).
- Some of the MATLAB and Simulink file types (e.g., MATLAB file, MAT-file, Simulink Model file) might not be properly associated with appropriate MathWorks products.
If you are unsure of what version of Windows you are using you can run the following command in a Windows command prompt.
winver
Workaround for R2015a and R2015b
To work around this issue for R2015a and R2015b, use the following steps:
- Download the zip file attached to this article. Please download the version associated with your release. It contains a file called libmwwinreg.dll.
- Navigate to \bin\win64\libmwwinreg.dll in your MATLAB installation files. These installation files are the ones used for offline installation.
- Replace the file existing libmwwinreg.dll file with the new file and run the installer.
If you require the offline installation files, please refer to the article below for more information:
How can I get MATLAB installation files for use on an offline machine?https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/259632-how-can-i-get-matlab-installation-files-for-use-on-an-offline-machine
Workaround for R2016b - R2017a
To work around this issue for R2016b-R2017a, use the following steps:
- Download the zip file attached to this article. Please download the version associated with your release. It contains a file called libmwreg.dll.
- Navigate to \bin\win64\libmwreg.dll in your MATLAB installation files. These installation files are the ones used for offline installation.
- Replace the file existing libmwreg.dll file with the new file and run the installer.
If you require the offline installation files, please refer to the article below for more information:
How can I get MATLAB installation files for use on an offline machine?https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/259632-how-can-i-get-matlab-installation-files-for-use-on-an-offline-machine
