MATLAB: Do I receive an error “Error: An error occurred while shelling out to mbuild (error code = 128)” when compiling a MATLAB file

Question

I am using MATLAB Compiler 4.11 (R2009b) to compile my MATLAB file on a machine with the following specifications:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP x64 Version 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)

Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express

I am using the MCC command as follows:

mcc -mv test1234.m

However, I get the following error:

 C:\PROGRA~1\MATLAB\R2009B\BIN\MEX.PL: Error: Compile of 'test1234_main.c' failed. 
 Error: An error occurred while shelling out to mbuild (error code = 128). 
 Unable to build executable. 
 ??? Error using ==> mcc
 Error executing mcc, return status = 1 (0x1).

This issue occurs only on the machine mentioned above. I can compile the same MATLAB file without any errors on another machine.

Answer 1

To work around this issue, reinstall Microsoft Visual Studio.