From: Brian on
Hi guy's I know this thread is old but as it was my first hit on Google I am posting the solution I found.

Basic solution: Turn off volume shadow copy while making changes to pathdef, and use C:\ not C:\program files (x86) as root for matlab folder.

Had 2007a on Vista 32 bit fine native. Moved to 7 64 bit. Basic theme worked with Matlab, full theme no. Added path variable for JRE to windows for new JRE installed. Then works with all theme modes. Conclusion JVM is calling APIs no longer supported except in basic mode.

Installed some 3rd party toolboxes and edited path by hand, errors in pathdef unless run as admin as noted here. Uninstall and reinstall errors still there though pathdef reset to default this way, therefore OS level issue likely.

Reinstall to C:\ in place of C:\program files (x86); matlab says invalid operator, unknown if '(' is the cause. Seems more likely shadow copies as noted, as it ran fine in (x86) until I updated the path. Turn off vol shadow copy in services while adding toolboxes. Turn it back on after done. No errors so far.
From: Nathan on
On Mar 8, 4:40 pm, "Brian " <bbcu2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guy's I know this thread is old but as it was my first hit on Google I am posting the solution I found.
>
> Basic solution: Turn off volume shadow copy while making changes to pathdef, and use C:\ not C:\program files (x86) as root for matlab folder.
>
> Had 2007a on Vista 32 bit fine native. Moved to 7 64 bit. Basic theme worked with Matlab, full theme no. Added path variable for JRE to windows for new JRE installed. Then works with all theme modes. Conclusion JVM is calling APIs no longer supported except in basic mode.
>
> Installed some 3rd party toolboxes and edited path by hand, errors in pathdef unless run as admin as noted here. Uninstall and reinstall errors still there though pathdef reset to default this way, therefore OS level issue likely.
>
> Reinstall to C:\ in place of C:\program files (x86); matlab says invalid operator, unknown if '(' is the cause. Seems more likely shadow copies as noted, as it ran fine in (x86) until I updated the path. Turn off vol shadow copy in services while adding toolboxes. Turn it back on after done. No errors so far.

And your point is...?

(I'm assuming you meant to post this as a response to another post,
and didn't mean to create a thread all in its own)

-Nathan