Question

I am working with Matlab R2011a. I want to set a path at c:\matlab (say). But it seems that the path setting is not saved and I need to reset the path every time I start Matlab. Please advise.

Answer 1

If you want to start Matlab in a specific path, and have that path automatically added to your search path, you modify the userpath setting:

userpath('C:\matlab')

If you want to start Matlab in a specific path without having that path added to your search path, you have two options:

1) Create a file startup.m in the folder C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2011a\toolbox\local and write in the file cd('C:\matlab'). This way, whenever Matlab is started, it changes the path (you can also add other commands that should be executed upon startup).

2) Right-click onto the Matlab icon you normally use to start up the program, and in the properties, write C:\matlab in the Start in line. Thus, whenever you start Matlab from the shortcut (but not otherwise), Matlab will change path.