Installation guide

Starting MATLAB on Windows Platforms
using the MATLAB tool associated with that file type. For example, even if
you associate
.mat files with Microsoft Access, when you open a M AT-file from
within MATLAB, it opens the Import Wizard to load the data.
Utility to Change Window s File Associations
If you are viewing this topic in the MATLAB Help browser, y ou can run one
of the utilities provided here to create Windows associations fo r commo n
MATLAB file types. This requires you to have permission to write to the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry key, which typically requires power user or
administrator privileges.
• R un utility to associate M ATLAB with FIG-files
• Run utility to associate MATLAB with M -files
• R u n utility to associate MATLAB with MAT-files
• Run utility to as soci ate MATLAB with MDL -f iles
• Run utility to associate MATLAB with MEX-files
• R u n utility to associate MATLAB w ith P-files
• R u n utility to associate MATLAB with all of these file ty pe s: FIG, M, MAT,
MDL. MEX, and P
ThefiletypeiconinWindowsExplorermightnotreflectthechange
immediately.
Changing File Associations for MATLAB from
Windows
Yo u can associate file types w ith MATLAB from Windows Explorer. This is
useful if you want associate file types other than those offered by the above
utilities. For example, you can double-click
.xml files to open them in the
MATLAB Editor/Debugger.
The following examples show one way to change file associations in
Windows. Note that these instructions might not e xactly apply to your
version of Windows. If you encounter differences or problems, try to dele te
theassociationbeforeusingtheseinstructions, or see your Windows
documentation.
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