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Adding Startup Options for Windows Platforms

You can add selected startup options (also called command flags) to the target path for your Windows shortcut for MATLAB, or include the option if you start MATLAB from a DOS window. To do so:

  1. Right-click the MATLAB shortcut icon and select Properties from the context menu.
  1. The Properties dialog box for matlab.exe opens to the Shortcut panel.

  1. In the Target field, after the target path for matlab.exe, add one or more of the startup options listed here. See the example following step 3.

    Option
    		 Description
    /automation
    		 Start MATLAB as an automation server, minimized and without the MATLAB splash screen. For more information, see COM and DDE Support in the External Interfaces documentation.
    /c licensefile
    		 Set LM_LICENSE_FILE to licensefile. It can have the form port@host.
    /logfile logfilename
    		 Automatically write output from MATLAB to the specified log file.
    /minimize
    		 Start MATLAB minimized and without the MATLAB splash screen.
    /nosplash
    		 Start MATLAB without displaying the MATLAB splash screen.
    /r M_file
    		 Automatically run the specified M-file immediately after MATLAB starts. This is also referred to as calling MATLAB in batch mode.
    /regserver
    		 Modify the Windows registry with the appropriate COM entries for MATLAB. For more information, see COM and DDE Support in the External Interfaces documentation.
    /unregserver
    		 Modify the Windows registry to remove the COM entries for MATLAB. Use this option to reset the registry. For more information, see COM and DDE Support in the External Interfaces documentation.
  1. You can use a hyphen (-) instead of a slash (/), for example, -nosplash.

  1. Click OK.

Example--Setting Startup Options to Automatically Run an M-File.   To start MATLAB and automatically run the file results.m, set the Target field in your Windows shortcut to

Startup Options If You Run MATLAB from a DOS Window.   If you run MATLAB from a DOS window, include the startup options listed in the preceding table after the matlab startup function.

For example, to start MATLAB and automatically run the file results.m , type


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