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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.

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

If you have an existing MATLAB installation prior to R2016b, we recommend you uninstall your current version and reboot your computer prior to running the R2016a installation.

To begin the non-interactive installation, IE users may click on the following link. For any other browser you will need to copy & paste it into the Run box (Windows Key + R):
\\fsvs01\Applications\Public\netapps\MATLAB\r2016b\windows\win64\silentSetup.lnk

Click Open in the Windows UAC warning window to continue with the installation. There may appear to be a small delay between allowing the install to begin from the UAC window to when the actual MATLAB installer appears on screen where it appears that there is nothing occuring. This is normal behavior while the installer loads, users do not need to launch the installer more than once after allowing the UAC prompt to process. The delay may be longer while installing over a wireless network connection than on a wired network connection.

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. Each screen will display for a moment before continuing onto the next.

Instructions under Macintosh section

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.

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