Why do I receive MathWorks Licensing Error 89?

Why do I receive the following error:

MathWorks Licensing Error 89

A licensing error occurred while trying to use <PRODUCTNAME>.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This error indicates that your license file is invalid because it was generated for a different operating system.

For example, this error would occur if a Linux license file was used for a Windows MATLAB installation.

To resolve this issue, you will need to activate again and specify the correct operating system.

There are two ways to activate:

Activate automatically using the activation application.

For instructions, please see the following article:

How do I activate MATLAB or other MathWorks Products?

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/99457

Activate manually using the License Center.

For instructions, please see the following article:

How do I activate MATLAB or other MathWorks products without an internet connection?

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/259627