I have Matlab R2007b. When I am trying to open it in windows 7 ultima, it is not working. In compatibility mode, sometimes it is working sometimes not. Why this is happening? What is its solution?

I have Matlab R2007b. When I am trying to open it in windows 7 ultima, it is not working. In compatibility mode, sometimes it is working sometimes not. Why this is happening? What is its solution? When it is opening, giving warning.... "Warning: Function C:\Windows\system32\input.dll has the same name as a MATLAB builtin. We suggest you rename the function to avoid a potential name conflict."... What should I do?

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

The System Requirements for release R2007b do not list Windows 7 as a supported operating system; Windows 7 was not released until Summer/Fall 2009, around two years after the release of R2007b. Release R2009a was the first release that lists Windows 7 as a supported operating system.

Specifically about the warning, which is not release-specific: don't try to start MATLAB from within your C:\Windows\system32 directory. I suspect if you open a Windows Command Prompt on your machine it will open with C:\Windows\system32 as the current directory.

[Sunipa Som]

Then how do I open matlab?

[Steven Lord]

You can try to open MATLAB from a Command Prompt whose current directory is NOT in a system folder. It may work, even though it's not supported.

I would recommend updating your MATLAB release, your operating system, or both to a supported combination. There have been many improvements to MATLAB in the nearly ten years since release R2007b was released, and the first table on the Windows lifecycle fact sheet says that mainstream support for Windows 7 ended in 2015.

[Sunipa Som]

Kindly let me know the steps to open matlab from command prompt.