Matlab R2017b has problems with GIT and the configuration file when starting.

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Hi, When I open Matlab R2017b (after a fresh install), it fails to start GIT and to read the desktop config file.
I get the below output in the command window. Has anyone had this issue? I have been having problems with Matlab's integrated GIT since version R2017a (it would fail to push). I never minded that, because I prefer bash for committing/pushing. But the Matlab GIT GUI is useful for comparing revisions. Now it seems to have failed completely. Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't help.
Has anyone had this issue and found a solution?
ERROR: Error starting reference:file:/C:/Program Files/MATLAB/R2017b/java/jar/cmlink/implementations/git.jar (org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Activator start error in bundle com.mathworks.cmlink [39].)
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/eclipse/jgit/transport/CredentialsProvider : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at com.mathworks.util.osgi.ServicesActivator.registerServicePair(ServicesActivator.java:58)
at com.mathworks.util.osgi.ServicesActivator.parseServices(ServicesActivator.java:38)
at com.mathworks.util.osgi.ServicesActivator.start(ServicesActivator.java:33)
at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction.startActivator(SecureAction.java:589)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.startBundle(Felix.java:1458)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.setActiveStartLevel(Felix.java:984)
at org.apache.felix.framework.StartLevelImpl.run(StartLevelImpl.java:263)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Warning: An error occurred while reading the desktop configuration file.
Using the default configuration.
Exception in thread "Timeout guard" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: sun/security/ec/SunEC : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig$2.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig.doLoadProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig.getProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderList.getProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderList.getService(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.SSLProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLProtocolSocketFactory.java:82)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ControllerThreadSocketFactory$1.doit(ControllerThreadSocketFactory.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ControllerThreadSocketFactory$SocketTask.run(ControllerThreadSocketFactory.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "Timeout guard" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: sun/security/ec/SunEC : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig$2.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig.doLoadProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig.getProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderList.getProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderList.getService(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.SSLProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLProtocolSocketFactory.java:82)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ControllerThreadSocketFactory$1.doit(ControllerThreadSocketFactory.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ControllerThreadSocketFactory$SocketTask.run(ControllerThreadSocketFactory.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in thread "Timeout guard" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: sun/security/ec/SunEC : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig$2.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig.doLoadProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderConfig.getProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderList.getProvider(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.ProviderList.getService(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.SSLProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(SSLProtocolSocketFactory.java:82)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ControllerThreadSocketFactory$1.doit(ControllerThreadSocketFactory.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ControllerThreadSocketFactory$SocketTask.run(ControllerThreadSocketFactory.java:158)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Answers (1)

Marc Jakobi
Marc Jakobi on 3 Oct 2017
Thanks to Mathworks support:
I had my MATLAB_PATH environment variable pointing to jre7 (I had set it manually because of an issue I was having with a previous Matlab version). Deleting the MATLAB_PATH environment variable fixed the issue.

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