MATLAB: Matlab crashes when SimBiology simulation is run

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I have been working on my model in SimBiology while the software suddenly crashed during simulation after I tried different ODE solver. Since that time, it always crashes when I try to run any simulation. I can launch SimBiology desktop, but I cannot start any task in any model. No error message appears, it simply freezes. I use MATLAB Version: 9.0.0.341360 (R2016a) and SimBiology Version 5.4 (R2016a) on Mac OS X 10.11.6.

Best Answer

I removed the files SimBiologyDesktop.xml and SimBiologyDesktop.xml.prev from my Matlab installation dictionary and it solved the problem.

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Please be aware that making these changes will reset all SimBiology preferences to defaults and clear out all projects from the recently opened list.

1. On your MATLAB command line type: prefdir

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