Why do I get the error 'Could not find version 7.15 of MCR' when running a Windows standalone application built with MATLAB Compiler 4.15 (R2011a)?

I have installed the MCR on my Windows machine, but when I double click to run the standalone executable I get the following error:

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Edit the PATH environment variable so the MCR has been properly added to the system search directory. If you open a DOS command prompt in Windows, you can execute the following to see the PATH environment variable:

 > set PATH

For MATLAB R2011a 64-bit MCR, the default location of the MCR will look like this:

C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime\v715\runtime\win64;

If you have installed the MCR somewhere else, it will be in:

mcrroot\runtime\$arch

The term mcrroot stands for the installation path of the MCR and $arch stands for the architecture of the computer. For windows, the values of $arch will be win32 or win64.