Has anyone gotten the parallel computing toolbox to run on Windows 10?

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and matlab 2015a. Matlab kind of works, but when I try to use a parallel task, it tells me that the parallel pool couldn't start and that I need to "validate the profile 'local' in the Cluster Profile Manager". However, it doesn't seem to be possible to open the Cluster Profile Manager in 10. It just freezes at "Loading profiles".

I expected that since 10 was such a minor update from 8.1, and had been in beta for so long, it would work with matlab. Is there a workaround?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

To the best of my knowledge, nothing in MATLAB currently runs on Windows 10.

See this recent post: Will MATLAB be compatible with Windows 10?

[mgiacomelli]

Not much info in that link. Should I be concerned that Mathworks has waited until after Microsoft started sending out the Windows 10 'update your desktop' to Windows update to check and see if matlab would work?

[Star Strider]

That post was likely in response to my original question (directly to TMW, not posted here) after the ‘Get Windows 10’ icon appeared on my taskbar. I looked up the ‘Roadmap’, and since Windows 10 wasn’t listed and there was a previous post reporting problems getting MATLAB to work with Windows 10, I was concerned and I asked. I got the same reply as in the post I quoted.

I haven’t upgraded to Windows 10 yet, especially since Norton also promises a version that will be compatible with Windows 10 in the not distant future. On the basis of that, I am less inclined to blame TMW and more inclined to blame Micro$oft for not allowing developers adequate time to create compatible software before Windows 10 was released.

That aside, I share your frustration. But then I never understood the need for Windows 8 and the rest when Windows 7 was the perfect OS in my opinion.

[mgiacomelli]

The open 10 preview started last september, its June now, and from the sound of the link above, its looking like 2015b at the earliest. Thats a pretty long delay, and I think thats pretty much Mathwork's fault.

Anyway, this ought to have ready for 2015a. At very least some kind of official word or warning would be nice. A lot of people are going to hit the update icon and not realize mathworks isn't ready.

[Matthew Sheats]

CUDA is not supported on Windows 10 until CUDA 7.5 is released. It is only in release candidate now. So if you have the Parallel Computing Toolbox you are out of luck for Windows 10. I assume Mathworks needs to wait for a full release before they can safely call at least that toolbox compatible with windows 10.

I've had to hold back all of my machines and several clients from upgrading because of the CUDA issue. Not Mathwork's fault. The whole Windows 10 upgrade push has just seemed really premature to me.