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Important information for 32bit system users:

R2015b will be the last release of the 32-bit version of MATLAB for Windows. MathWorks releases subsequent to R2015b will not be available for the 32-bit Windows operating system. To use releases after R2015b, impacted users are advised to migrate to 64-bit Windows at this time. They can continue to use releases up through R2015b. MathWorks technical support engineers will continue to provide support for those releases on 32-bit Windows.

See the platform road map for the latest information on planned platform changes to MathWorks products.

MATLAB R2015b Installation

If you have an existing MATLAB installation prior to R2015b, we recommend you uninstall your current version and reboot your computer prior to running the R2015b installation.

To begin the non-interactive installation, IE users may click on the following link. For any browser you will need to copy & paste it into the Run box (Windows Key + R):
\\fsvs01\applications\Public\netapps\MATLAB\r2015b\Win32\bin\win32\silentSetup.lnk

For an x64 installation onto a personal machine, you may use the following link using the same directions as above:
\\fsvs01\applications\Public\netapps\MATLAB\r2015b\Win64\bin\win64\silentSetup.lnk

If you're not sure if you have a 32 bit or 64 bit operating system, please refer to this page

Click Open in the warning window to continue with the installation.

At this point you will be able to watch the progress of the installation. There is no interaction necessary on your part for the installation – all entries are preconfigured for the installation

Software Patch for R2014b

Cumulative patch for R2014b MATLAB and Simulink bugs that may result in lost work.

Using MATLAB over VPN fails

Occasionally while using MATLAB over VPN with slow connections there can be an error where the MATLAB client times out before it receives a response from the license server. The following steps should solve the issue:

  • Right-click My Computer. Click Properties (for Windows 7, click the “Advanced system settings” link.)
  • In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
  • On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
  • In the Environment Variables dialog box, under System Variables, click New.
  • In the New User Variable dialog box, enter FLEXLM_TIMEOUT for the name and 2147483647 for the value.
  • Click OK to close each dialog box.

Login to VPN, launch MATLAB