Standard Installation Procedure (MATLAB Installation Guide for Windows) MATLAB Installation Guide for Windows     Setting Up MATLAB Environment Options To include welcome messages, default definitions, or any MATLAB expressions that you want executed every time MATLAB is invoked, create a file named startup.m in the $MATLAB\toolbox\local directory. MATLAB executes this file each time it is invoked. Configuring Certain Products Certain products require additional configuration. The following table lists these products and the commands used to configure them. If you installed any of these products, see the documentation for that product for detailed configuration information. Product Command MATLAB Notebook notebook -setup MATLAB Runtime Server rtsetup Real-Time Windows Target rtwintgt -setup Excel Link Versions By default, Excel Link (a separately orderable product) supports two versions of Excel. This table lists which Excel Link files to use with each Excel version. Use the appropriate files for your version of Excel. You can find these files in the $MATLAB\toolbox\exlink subdirectory. Excel Version Excel Link File Excel 97 (Default) excllink.xlaExliSamp.xls Excel 7 excllink95.xlaExliSamp95.xls   After You Install Finding Information About MATLAB