On Microsoft Windows® platforms, start the MATLAB program by double-clicking the MATLAB shortcut on your Windows desktop.
On Apple® Macintosh® platforms, start MATLAB by double-clicking the MATLAB icon in the Applications folder.
On UNIX® platforms, start MATLAB by typing matlab at the operating system prompt.
When you start MATLAB, by default, MATLAB automatically loads all the program files provided by The MathWorks for MATLAB and other MathWorks products. You do not have to start each product you want to use.
There are alternative ways to start MATLAB, and you can customize MATLAB startup. For example, you can change the folder in which MATLAB starts or automatically execute MATLAB statements upon startup.