Matlab MCR expired

Question

I have the Matlab Compiler Runtime installed on my machine. It was working fine, but now when I run some code that needs it I get this error:

Failed to initialize MCR Instance: The specified component has expired.

I thought the MCR was basically a free download but now I'm wondering if I had a trial version or something, even though as far as I can see there's nothing that says this is the case on the Matlab download site.

Anybody else had the same problem?

Answer 1

Yes, the executable can expire, but not the MCR. Say a colleague of yours had trial license of MATLAB Compiler and he compiled an executable. He went onto distribute the executable to you. This executable would work only for 1 month. Past that, the executable expires.