How to stop getting procedure entry point....could not be located in dynamic link library error?

I get this error when tying to install Matlab R2024a and am assuming this leads to incomplete installation.

Full error:

The procedure entry point

?decodeURL@utility@storage@foundation@@YAXAEAV?$basic

_string@_SU?$char_traits@_S@std@@V?$allocator@_S@2@@s td@@_N@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library

C:\MATLAB\bin \win64\ibmwsearch_path_pathdef_generator.dll.

I have no other versions of Matlab installed and have tried unintalling and reinstalling multiple times now. When I click OK on the error and then try to open matlab I get a could not read file classpath.txt error, which I am assuming is a result of not installing correctly, as I have tried to install to C:\MATLAB rather than the default, as others have suggested, and this did not fix the issue.

Answer 1

[Adarsh]

Hi @Aashita,

The error that you are facing can arise if MATLAB is loading another version of specified library from a wrong location or due to the interference of the Security Software with MATLAB.

I have found a similar question posted by MathWorks Support Staff related to this error, you can refer to the following answer for more details on how to resolve it:

https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/110328-why-do-i-receive-the-error-message-the-procedure-entry-point-could-not-be-located-in-the-dynamic-li

hope it resolves the issue.