This error message is caused because the MATLAB file 'ctfroot.m' has not been properly extracted when the Development Version of MATLAB Web Server has been installed.
The first step to take to resolve the issue is to locate the folder "compiler" in the MATLAB Runtime cache directory. MATLAB Runtime cache can be found by following instruction in
For example, for R2024a your "compiler" folder might be
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\<username>\mcrCache24.1\MATLAB0\toolbox\compiler
The "compiler" folder should contain the 'ctfroot.m' file.
If this file or one of the folders above are missing, you can try to force extracting these files again by following the steps below:
1. Run the 'MATLABWebAppServer.exe' and close the 'MATLABWebAppServer.exe'
2. Delete the toolbox folder from the MCRCache24.1/MATLAB0 directory
3. Run the' MATLABWebAppServer.exe' again
The toolbox folder will be then extracted again and the issue should disappear.
