vcredist_x86.exe cannot be found

Mark

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Jul 31, 2011, 8:19:28 PM7/31/11

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I'm receiving the following error that prevents MATLAB R2010a (x64) from starting:

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*Windows cannot find 'C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\bin\win32\vcredist_x86.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.*
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I have noticed that it happens when Windows Update detects that there are updates available for Windows. I doesn't install them, just detects that they exists.

The running instances of matlab continue running without any error but I cannot start further instances. Even if I quit from all the running Matlab instances and try to start a new instance the error persist. The only way around this I found is to restart the computer. However, I am fed up of that. WTF is going on here?

I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64

Mark

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Jul 31, 2011, 8:29:10 PM7/31/11

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Just an update. The initial error that appears is this:

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ERROR: Can't check VCRTs (line:793) System Error:2, The system cannot find the file specified.
Installing required run-time libraries. This may take a few minutes...
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Then it tries to execute C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\bin\win32\vcredist_x86.exe and it does not find it and shows the error I reported initially.

If I copy vcredist_x86.exe from the Windows SDK folder to C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\bin\win32\, it is executed and then matlab still fails to start

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arnau...@gmail.com

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Mar 23, 2012, 10:41:14 AM3/23/12

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Hello Mark,

Have got the same problem.

Did you fix it ?

thanks

Steven_Lord

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Mar 23, 2012, 12:47:59 PM3/23/12

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<arnau...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Mark,
>
> Have got the same problem.
>
> Did you fix it ?

If you have exactly the same problem, with a reference to win32 in the path
to the executable, try installing a 64-bit version of MATLAB instead. If
that doesn't work or you are unable to do this, contact Technical Support
for help with this installation/startup issue.

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Steve Lord
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To contact Technical Support use the Contact Us link on
http://www.mathworks.com

Samiullah Khan

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Nov 19, 2016, 3:15:09 AM11/19/16

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Problem : Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Conflict

Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Redistributables can conflict with each other if too many are installed. MATLAB R2006b and higher require variations of these redistributable to run. To install the 2005 and 2008 versions of these redistributables:

Open the folder $MATLAB\bin\win64, where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation folder.
Launch vcredist_x64.exe from this location.
Repeat step two using the vcredist_x64.exe in $MATLAB\bin\win64\vc90
Try starting MATLAB by double clicking the matlab.exe in the bin folder.
If MATLAB starts, try MATLAB from the shortcut once again. If that fails, update the shortcut to point to the matlab.exe file in the $ARCH folder.

Lastly, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable is not required for MATLAB but can conflict with the redistributables that are required by MATLAB. You may need to reinstall this redistributable to resolve the conflict:

Qua Nguyen Dang

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Jul 27, 2017, 3:14:19 PM7/27/17

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"Samiullah Khan" wrote in message <o0p1m7$b70$1...@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...

Thank you very much :))