Why are my menubars and toolbars missing or not showing up correctly?

The figures that I open or create in MATLAB do not have all of the standard menus.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This issue usually occurs because there is more than one file called figuremenubar.fig and figuretoolbar.fig on the MATLAB path. This can occur when you have created new figures with those names or when you have added the following directory to your MATLAB path:

$MATLABROOT\extern\include

where $MATLABROOT is your MATLAB root directory.

As a workaround, do the following:

1. Type the following two commands at the command prompt:

which FigureMenuBar.fig -all

and

which FigureToolBar.fig -all

2. Rename or delete any files not listed below:

 $MATLABROOT\toolbox\matlab\graphics\FigureMenuBar.fig

 $MATLABROOT\toolbox\matlab\graphics\FigureToolBar.fig

For MATLAB R11, the above list includes these two files:

 $MATLABROOT\extern\include\FigureMenuBar.fig

 $MATLABROOT\extern\include\FigureToolBar.fig

3. If necessary, remove $MATLABROOT\extern\include\ from the MATLAB path.

4. Restart MATLAB