How do I set the default/initial working folder for MATLAB?

How do I set the default/initial working folder for MATLAB?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can set the initial working folder in MATLAB through the following Preference settings:

1. Open the Preferences window

2. Navigate to the General options

3. Select the option to specify a path to a folder under the Initial working folder options, and enter the desired directory

4. Press Apply and/or OK to save your changes

5. Restart MATLAB to verify the new location is set as expected.

Additional information can be found in the MATLAB documentation:

MATLAB Startup Folder

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/103866-matlab-matlab

[Explorer]

Wow! Method 2 is awesome.

[Sandip Kumar]

Hi Ben,

The startup file should be kept at a writable location and not inside the installation directory. There are many directories in the path of MATLAB. One such folder is <user directory>\Documents\MATLAB

Have the startup file in that location, and then inside the startup.m, you can force MATLAB to start in a desired directory as the article above says.

If you continue seeing the issue, I would recommend contacting Technical support using one of the methods mentioned here: https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

Thanks Sandip