Opening scripts opens a new instance of Matlab

Hi,

This is probably a foolish issue, but I don't know what caused it and I haven't found a solution.

So when I open a new Matlab script by double clicking in pathfinder, not in Matlab's "Current Folder", a new instance of Matlab will open up. I have Matlab installed on my school/work laptop, but also at my desktop at home. This is specific to my desktop and doesn't happen on my laptop.

I don't recall doing anything different in either of my installation processes so I have no clue what caused it, or how to fix it.

Please help, thank you!

EDIT: I'm on a PC with Windows 10 on both PCs

[Rik]

This sounds like an OS issue. I don't know enough about MacOS to suggest a solution other than re-installing Matlab.

[Niclas Madsen]

I'm on a PC with windows 10

[David Woodburn]

I doubt it's an OS issue. It happens to me too but only with MATLAB, not any other program on my computer.

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

Why is a new instance of MATLAB opened when I double-click on a MATLAB file in Windows Explorer even if I have one instance of MATLAB already open on my Windows 7 machine?