User`s guide

Known Software Problems
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Known Software Problems
Enabling the MATLAB Desktop
Excel Link uses MATLAB as an ActiveX automation server. Consequently,
when started from Excel Link, MATLAB comes up minimized with the
MATLAB desktop disabled.
To enable the MATLAB desktop, you can execute the MATLAB command
desktop directly in the command window or execute it indirectly using the
Excel Link function
MLEvalString.
To enable the MATLAB desktop from Excel, type the following in any cell.
=mlevalstring("desktop")