Why does the MATLAB installer quit after configuring Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
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MathWorks Support Team
on 6 Sep 2013
Edited: MathWorks Support Team
on 22 Jan 2024
When I try to run the MATLAB installer for R2016b and prior, I briefly see a window that says "Configuring Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable" before being returned to the desktop. No error messages appear on the screen, the installer just stops.
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MathWorks Support Team
on 22 Jan 2024
Edited: MathWorks Support Team
on 22 Jan 2024
This behavior indicates that the installation of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable was not completed successfully. There are a few ways you can complete the installation.
Reboot the computer
Most of the time, rebooting the computer will allow pending Windows Update to complete which can fix the issue. Once the computer has been rebooted, run the MATLAB installer again to proceed past the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installation.
Install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable manually
The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable can be launched directly from the following folders:
_temp_matlab_R20XXx_win64\bin\win64\vcredist_x64.exe
_temp_matlab_R20XXx_win64\bin\win64\vc90\vcredist_x64.exe
Install both of these and reboot the machine to continue with the installation.
Note:
Since R2017a, MATLAB no longer ships the Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) Redistributable 2005 and 2008 installers, nor does MATLAB require any MSVC Redistributable installation.
Since R2017a, we have been including the necessary DLLs as derivatives of the official MSVC Redistributable libraries directly with MATLAB. These derivatives reference MSVC Redistributable 2010 or newer.
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