MATLAB: Am I unable to open the MATLAB Editor after using the “Tile” mode in the Editor in MATLAB 7.0 (R14)

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I opened a session of the MATLAB Editor and choose the Tile option by clicking "Window" -> "Tile". I reorganize my tiles several times, trying different configurations to see which I like the most. However, when I close the Editor and try to reopen the Editor, I am no longer able to. This problem does not change even when I restart MATLAB.

Best Answer

This bug has been fixed for Release 14 SP1 (R14SP1). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:
This has been verified as a bug in MATLAB 7.0 (R14) in the way that the MATLAB Editor handles its preferences.
Currently, to work around this, delete the preferences for the MATLAB Editor by doing the following:
cd(prefdir);
delete('MATLABDesktop.xml');
Then restart MATLAB. This forces MATLAB to respawn your MATLAB Editor preferences to the default.
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