Installation guide

Startup Director y for MATLAB
You can make multiple shortcuts to start MATLAB, each with its own startup
directory, and with each startup directoryhavingdifferentstartupoptions.
For All P latforms
To change the startup directory,
1 Create a startup.m file — s ee “Using the Startup File for MATLAB,
startup.m” on page 1-12.
2 In the startup.m file, include the cd function to change to the new directory.
3 Put the startup.m file in the default startup directory for your platform , as
noted in “Startup Directory (Folder) on Windows Platforms” on page 1-8
or “Startup Directory on UNIX Platform s” on page 1-9. Alternatively, put
startup.m in the current startup directory.
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