Missing matlabprefs.mat in MatLab 2013b install

Hi, I have recently installed MatLab 2013b on a new virtual machine using a trial license that was subsequently upgraded to a full license. One thing I noticed is that the matlabprefs.mat file under c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\mathworks\matlab\r2013b\ directory is missing. There is a matlab.prf file generated.

I have tried deleting the r2013b folder and restarting matlab. Rebooting the machine as well. However the matlabprefs.mat file just refuse to appear. A search on Google didn't yield any results either.

Would someone please help and let me know what the problem might be?

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Kerri Keng]

The file gets created upon calling setpref. You can try running the setpref example in the documentation and check inside prefdir again.