MATLAB: Do I receive the error “Registration Error: An error occurred while trying to register MATLAB as OLE server.” during the installation process of MATLAB

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I receive the error during the installation process of MATLAB.

ERROR: Registration Error: An error occured while trying to register MATLAB as OLE server.

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This error can occur if the Visual Studio 2005 Runtime Libraries are not installed on the machine. This can occur if:

The Windows Installer on the machine is older than version 3.1
The user running MATLAB does not have administrative rights
MATLAB is not started with the matlab.bat file from $MATLAB\bin (where $MATLAB is the installation folder for MATLAB)

To resolve this error, run the following executable file with administrator rights:

$MATLAB\bin\win32\vcredist_x86.exe (for 32-bit MATLAB)

$MATLAB\bin\win64\vcredist_x64.exe (for 64-bit MATLAB)

You should see the Visual Studio 2005 Runtime library installer appear and complete the installation. If you see the following errors:

ERROR: MS visual C++ 2005 redistributable:
Error 1723. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.

ERROR: VCRT_check.exe failed: MFC80U.DLL library could not be located.

You will need to update the Windows Installer. For more details see the Bug Report here:

http://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/details.html?rp=330449

If this does not solve the problem, follow the steps in the documentation in section "External Interfaces" to manually register MATLAB using the 'matlab /regserver' command (Step: "Register MATLAB as a COM Server").

NOTE:

These files are not included as of R2016b and after. If you experience this error on those releases, please contact support.

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This bug has been fixed in Release 2012a (R2012a). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

Fully automated or silent MATLAB R2011b installations are only possible if the appropriate version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2005 is available on the system prior to MATLAB installation. MATLAB R2011b requires of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2005 version 8.0.6100.

It is possible to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable silently using the installer for Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable which is packaged with the MATLAB installer prior to running the MATLAB installer.

This installer is found with the MATLAB installation files (on the DVD or in the downloads directory) under bin/win32 for 32-bit Windows or bin/win64 for 64-bit Windows. Run the executable via a dos prompt with the /Q flag. If $MEDIA is the directory where the installation files are, run:

64-bit Windows:

$MEDIA\bin\win64\vcredist_x64.exe /Q

32-bit Windows:

$MEDIA\bin\win32\vcredist_x86.exe /Q

Afterwards you can run the MATLAB silent installer as normal.

Note that this behavior does not affect MATLAB R2011a or earlier.

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There are a few reasons why this error can occur:

1) The DAEMON line in your license.dat file is incorrect or missing.

For license server, the DAEMON line should read:

Windows

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 DAEMON MLM $MATLAB\etc\win{32|64}\mlm.exe ($MATLAB\flexlm\mlm.exe for releases prior to R2010b on Windows)

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

Linux/Mac

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 DAEMON MLM $MATLAB/etc/glnx{86|a64}/MLM

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

(NOTE: prior to R2011a, the DAEMON line on Linux/Mac was "DAEMON MLM $MATLAB/etc/glnx{86|a64}/lm_matlab")

NOTE: Once you have made changes to your license file, be sure to restart the network license manager for these changes to take effect. For more information on how to restart the license manager, see the Related Solution listed below.

2) The SERVER line in the license.dat file on a client does not match the license.dat file on the server.

If you are running MATLAB using a concurrent license and you are on a client machine, make sure the SERVER line in your license.dat file matches that of the license.dat file on your license server.

The license file on the client machine varies depending upon operating system and version. For R2008a and above, the license file is generally called network.lic and is located in $MATLAB\licenses (where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory). For versions prior to R2008a, the license file will generally be the following:

Windows

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 $MATLAB\bin\win32 (for 32-bit MATLAB)
 $MATLAB\bin\win64 (for 64-bit MATLAB)

Linux/Unix/Mac

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 $MATLAB/etc

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

The license.dat file on the server machine is located in:

 $MATLABROOT/etc ($MATLAB\flexlm for releases prior to R2010b on Windows)

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

3) The TCP port number used to communicate with the license server is already being used by another application.

For more information on finding an open port, see the Related Solution listed below .

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