Matlab Installation Directory Issue

Hello there, my (C:) disk is full so I chose another partition to be the installation directory by browsing through the Matlab installer. The problem is when I proceed to the products to install, the installer gives me an error of full (C:) disk space, and I can't solve it. I have tried this before and it worked but the labtop battery ran out during the installation, and I'm stuck with this.

Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

[Jan]

At least some space on the C-Disk is required for working.

Perhaps the temp folder is full with files, which are not needed anymore. So delete the contents: Type "%TEMP%" in the address line of the explorer to find this folder.

Remove outdated updates from the partition: Right click on the C Partition -> "Clean disk" -> "System Files". Now remove old Windows Updates and other large parts you do not need anymore.

I've seen several computers, which suffered from huge log files in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\ . The cbs.log file can grow exhaustively over 100 GB. Then it cannot be compressed anymore and this is recorded in the CBS.log file...

So clean up the C parition at first and then try again to install Matlab.

[Ammar Taha]

Ok, thanks. I also found a solution on this community post to be a reference for those who may face this in the future:https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/388570-how-can-i-change-the-temp-directory-the-matlab-installer-uses#answer_310218