The desktop configuration file is corrupt ....

I have an error message

"Warning: The desktop configuration file is corrupt or improperly formatted. Problem parsing Desktop restore xml: Expected '<' but got '"

https://imgur.com/a/18bgjp5

Please advise the next step.

[Nicholas Harn]

I am receiving the same error message. According to an older post on this forum, it may be caused by "using a version of Java that's different from the one shipped with MATLAB". Here's a link to the post:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/281167-why-do-i-receive-the-error-warning-an-error-occurred-while-reading-the-desktop-configuration-file

I followed the steps outlined in this post, and the error message no longer appears. Hope it helps.

[Jan]

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Answer 1

[Nihal]

I understand that you are seeing the warning message after launching the MATALB. If you are launching MATLAB and receiving the following error you might be using a different version of Java than the one shipped with MATLAB.

ERROR: Warning: An error occurred while reading the desktop configuration file

In order to check the version of Java that MATLAB is using, launch MATLAB and run the following command.

version -java

Check for a MATLAB_JAVA environment variable set on your system. If a MATLAB_JAVA environment variable is set, remove it and relaunch MATLAB twice to see if the issue persists.

If this does not help, it was also possible to resolve this via the following commands:

restoredefaultpath
rehash toolboxcache
savepath

I hope this helps