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On Jan 19, 5:43 pm, "Matt Fig" <spama...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have the same problem on vista with 2007a and b.  I click the ML icon and a black, DOS type box is briefly visible followed by the splash screen..  The splash is only visible for a split second, then nothing.  I have found if I just keep clicking, usually on the third or fourth try I can get the splash screen to stick, and ML tostart.

The solution i found was to go into Environmental Variables and add an
extra line. It's a common bug in R2007b and i found the solution
explained on Mathworks website. Matlab now works fine.
Thank you,
Neil