| Symptom | Old Advice (Wrong) | Updated Fix | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | "Reboot your PC" | Kill IAStorDataSvc (Intel storage service). Move installer to root of C: drive. | | "Fatal error on startup: Crashed in JVM" | "Reinstall Java" | Set MATLAB_JAVA to a JRE 7u80 64-bit. Point to it in matlabrc.m . | | No text in menus (invisible letters) | "Use -softwareopengl " | Yes, but also disable hardware acceleration via opengl('save','software') in startup script. | | Activation fails even with valid key | "Call MathWorks support" | Use offline file installation key. Generate a license.lic file offline (use an old VM to run the license generator). | | Simulink takes 10 minutes to open | "Upgrade MATLAB" | Delete the slprj cache and turn off "Model Reference dependency checking". |
To install an "updated" version of MATLAB R2013a today: install matlab 2013a updated