Step 11: After You Install :: Standard Installation Procedure (Installation Guide for Windows)

Installation Guide for Windows

Step 11: After You Install

This step describes several optional tasks you can perform after a successful installation:

Starting MATLAB

To start MATLAB, you can use any of these methods.

Double-click the MATLAB icon (called a "shortcut") that the MathWorks Installer creates on your desktop.
Click the Start button, select Programs, and click the MATLAB 7.0 entry. On the application menu, select MATLAB 7.0.
Using Windows Explorer, open your top-level MATLAB installation folder and double-click the shortcut to the MATLAB executable, MATLAB 7.0.

Setting Your Initial Current Folder

By default, when you start MATLAB using the shortcut the installer puts on your desktop, the initial current folder is the $MATLAB\work folder, where $MATLAB represents the name of your installation folder. The \work folder is a good place to store the M-files you modify and create because the MATLAB uninstaller does not delete the \work folder if it contains files.

You can, however, use any folder as your MATLAB initial current folder. To specify another folder as your initial current folder, right-click the MATLAB shortcut that the installer creates on your desktop and select the Properties option. Specify the name of the folder in the Start in field.

Setting Up MATLAB Environment Options

To include welcome messages, default definitions, or any MATLAB expressions that you want executed every time MATLAB is invoked, create a file named startup.m in the $MATLAB\toolbox\local folder. Every time you start MATLAB, it executes the commands in the startup.m file.

Configuring Certain Products

Certain products require additional configuration. The following table lists these products and the commands used to configure them. If you installed any of these products, see the documentation for that product for detailed configuration information.

Product
Command

MATLAB Notebook
notebook -setup

Real-Time Windows Target
rtwintgt -setup

Product	Command
MATLAB Notebook	`notebook -setup`
Real-Time Windows Target	`rtwintgt -setup`

Finding Information About MATLAB

After successfully installing MATLAB, you are probably eager to get started using it. This list provides pointers to sources of information and other features you may find helpful in getting started with MATLAB.

Task
Description

To get an overview of MATLAB and its capabilities
Read the MATLAB Getting Started documentation.

To find out what's new in this release

Read the Release Notes documentation.

To start a product or access product demonstrations programs

Use the Start button in the MATLAB desktop.

To get information about specific MATLAB features

Choose the Help item in the MATLAB menu bar to view reference and tutorial information in hyperlinked HTML form.

To get help with specific questions you can't find answered in the documentation

Go to the MathWorks Web site (www.mathworks.com), click on Support, and use the Technical Support solution search area to find more information.

Task	Description
To get an overview of MATLAB and its capabilities	Read the MATLAB Getting Started documentation.
To find out what's new in this release	Read the Release Notes documentation.
To start a product or access product demonstrations programs	Use the Start button in the MATLAB desktop.
To get information about specific MATLAB features	Choose the Help item in the MATLAB menu bar to view reference and tutorial information in hyperlinked HTML form.
To get help with specific questions you can't find answered in the documentation	Go to the MathWorks Web site (`www.mathworks.com`), click on Support, and use the Technical Support solution search area to find more information.

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