Data Import when reading CSV files... "the import tool doesn't have access to read the file"

When attempting to load a any CSV File using the Data Import feature in MatLab 2013a. I receive the message "the import tool doesn't have access to read the file" Other file types load fine, txt, and xlsx. CSV files load fine with csvread.

Resolved the problem by reinstalling Matlab only to have the issue reappear the following day. Does anyone know how to resolve the problem?

[dpb]

What Rev # and OS?

Sounds worthy of contacting Tech Support directly particularly if recent/new installation/upgrade. I've not heard this symptom of recurring access problem solved by an installation--normally it's a permissions problem of trying to access a portion of disk that don't have user permissions for but that shouldn't change on installation--or if did/does, that does sound like perhaps an install problem.

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[Mike Loomis]

Running on a Windows 2012 Hyper-V VM, running Windows 2012. I contacted Tech Support, hopefully they can help with this strange problem.

[Akin Aina]

I got that error too. I got around it by using: DATA = clipboard('pastespecial')

[BingZhang Hu]

Check if you have conflict user-defined files with matlab build-in functions.

I found the reason causing my problem is because I created a script named split.m, which apparently confilcted with matlab build-in functions, which is probably called when importing the csv file. Renaming the 'split.m' script solved the problem.

[Chris Qin]

had the same problem on Matlab 2018a, but no problem at all when switched to matlab R2019b. Seems that update your matlab version can be one solution to the problem.