change user name on shared laptop?

Hello,

on a shared laptop, the user name is something like abe1234567, which has become the user name when using matlab / simulink.

Is it possible to change this user name to my name or initials to show up in the projects, for instance "modified by: jtg" instead of "modified by. abe1234567"?

Regards,

John

[Jan]

What about changing the account name?

[John579]

Hello Jan,

yes, I asked our IT, but since it is a shared laptop, company policy gives it a "generic" account name.

But do I understand correctly, that the user name in matlab is hardwired (or softwired) to the windows login name?

Regards,

John

[Jan]

I do not know, where the mentioned "modified by. abe1234567" appears, so I cannot estimate, how it is implemented.

In other words: Where do you see this "user name"?

[Walter Roberson]

Simulink models contain username information in their headers.

[John579]

Hello Jan,

this shows up in the model Explorer under the design data for a dictionary object:

The laptop is running matlab/simulink 2022a SP4 with designated computer licenses.

Regards,

John

[John579]

Hello Walter,

Not sure what you mean by model headers. Do you mean the external header code for the model?

Regards,

John

Answer 1

[Jan]

Try to start Matlab with a batch script:

SET "USERNAME=Test_Name"
"C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2022a\bin\matlab.exe"

What do you observe in Simulink?

There might be strange side-effects, e.g. if the license is bound to the user name.

[John579]

Hello Jan,

yes, that worked for the Model Explorer issue. Thank you much for that!

And also for the heads up about simulink. I'll accept the answer to

close this topic and keep an eye open for "side-effects". Should something

show up, I will start a new thread and refer to this one.

Kind regards,

John