Matlab 2012 does not install start menu icons

Hello. I have just installed matlab 2012 in my university desktop. Installation is working, activated and I can run the program selecting matlab .exe in /bin folder. However there is no desktop icons. I can create a shortcut easily in Windows, however the matlab does not start in "documents/MATLAB" folder. Why install program does not created the startup icons itself? How can I make the shortcut manually created point to correct default folder with my m files?

[Celso Coslop Barbante]

Oh.. There is no start menu icons either... All shortcuts are missing.

[Walter Roberson]

Which MS Windows version are you using?

[Celso Coslop Barbante]

I am using Windows 7 professional. I was able to fix the link start folder editing the shotcut directly. The software is working fine, but I created the shortcuts manually. I found others user|s|rum with similar problem, missing shortcuts. I did not reinstalled Matlab, just created icons by hand.

[Mohammed]

I am facing the same problem.... any solution ?!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

There is free support for MATLAB installation problems. Please contact technical support.

Answer 2

[Jan]

You can define the "Process in..." field in the properties of the shortcut. Creating the shortcuts manually is a simple and efficient workaround. It take less than a minute, so I'd hesitate to call the technical support.

Answer 3

[Steven Lord]

When you reached step 8 of the MathWorks Account-based installation process (if you instead installed using a File Installation Key, it's step 7 of that installation process) did you check the appropriate box in the installer app to create those shortcuts?

If you didn't and don't want to rerun the installer to create those shortcuts (which would be overkill) then as Jan said, creating those shortcuts manually isn't difficult.

Answer 4

[WAYAN SUPARTA]

I am also have a similar problem, where after installation Matlab 2010b, it doesn't create a shortcut and also no folder work. More than that Matlab.exe in the folder Bin is not running although the installation is successful. How to solve this problem?

[Walter Roberson]

what happens when you attempt to run the .exe yourself?

Answer 5

[Feyisso Bedecha]

How to create the shortcut by hand?

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.howtogeek.com/436615/how-to-create-desktop-shortcuts-on-windows-10-the-easy-way/