From: Joel on
"Ryan " <rcrabb(a)soe.ucsc.edu> wrote in message <h45jim$3nt$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> I've had similar results to Mathew ^^^
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> When I try to start Matlab under normal Windows 7 settings I get a pop-up "Error Starting Desktop" with about 50 lines of java.something.or.other.
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> - Changing Compatability mode to Vista causes it to die on startup without the error message.
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> - Selecting "Disable desktop composition" does nothing.
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> - Copying over the java directory results in a warning message: "Warning: Unable to load Java Runtime Environment: C:\%matlab-directories%\jre1.5.0_05\bin\server\jvm.dll is not a valid Win32 application", then after OK displays another warning: "Warning: Disabling Java support" and then starts some crippled version of Matlab with only a prompt.
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> - Adding the environment variables causes Matlab to close immediately upon startup.
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> - Running Windows 7 with the Classic theme is the only method I've found to work for me, so I'm still interested in finding a better solution.