Matlab R2018a parfor fails with "Too many input arguments"

Matlab R2018a parfor does not work properly on my machine, complaining "Too many input arguments". Previous answers like distcomp.feature( 'LocalUseMpiexec', false ) does not work for me.

Here is the Cluster profile report. Any ideas?

VALIDATION REPORT Profile: local Scheduler Type: Local

Stage: Cluster connection test (parcluster) Status: Passed Start Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Finish Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec Description: Error Report: Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: Job test (createJob) Status: Failed Start Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Finish Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec Description: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData" Error Report: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData"

Caused by: Error using assert Too many input arguments. Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: SPMD job test (createCommunicatingJob) Status: Failed Start Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Finish Time: Fri Jul 13 12:55:45 PDT 2018 Running Duration: 0 min 0 sec Description: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData" "MinNumWorkers" "MaxNumWorkers" Error Report: An unexpected error occurred accessing properties: "AdditionalPaths" "ApiTag" "AttachedFileData" "AttachedFilePaths" "AttachedFiles" "AutoAttachFiles" "AutoAddClientPath" "CreateDateTime" "CreateTime" "DependentFiles" "EnvironmentVariables" "ExecutionMode" "FinishDateTime" "FinishTime" "JobData" "MATLABDrivePathMap" "Name" "NumPathsToAppend" "NumThreads" "ProductKeys" "StartDateTime" "StartTime" "StateEnum" "SubmitDateTime" "SubmitTime" "Tag" "Username" "Version" "JobSchedulerData" "MinNumWorkers" "MaxNumWorkers"

Caused by: Error using assert Too many input arguments. Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: Pool job test (createCommunicatingJob) Status: Skipped Start Time: Finish Time: Running Duration: Description: Validation skipped due to previous failure. Error Report: Command Line Output: Debug Log:

Stage: Parallel pool test (parpool) Status: Skipped Start Time: Finish Time: Running Duration: Description: Validation skipped due to previous failure. Error Report: Command Line Output: Debug Log: