MATLAB R2014b Error on Startup

I'm getting the following error on start-up:

"Error using Settings Undefined function or variable 'matlab.internal.getSettingsRoot'.

Error in matlabrc (line 184) s = Settings;"

The relevant code in matlabrc is

% Initial Working folder if ~(ismcc isdeployed feature('isdmlworker')) && usejava('jvm') s = Settings; switch s.matlab.workingfolder.InitialWorkingFolder

"% Initial Working folder if ~(ismcc isdeployed feature('isdmlworker')) && usejava('jvm') s = Settings; switch s.matlab.workingfolder.InitialWorkingFolder"

[Edward Fitzgerald]

Problem solved. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Eric Sampson]

Try issuing this command (save your original PATH to a .mat file if you care about wanting to be able to recreate it):

restoredefaultpath

Answer 2

[coconutMocha]

I was having a similar problem and I realized that the pathdef file was shadowed in my data/script storage folder as well as the MATLAB application folder. The problem resolved when I deleted the extraneous file in the data storage folder.