I had the same problem but couldn't find any solutions elsewhere that worked (and that didn't require administrator access to the remote desktop). What worked for me was to ensure that the Matlab launch sequence and the first plot are performed while I'm not connected. For example:
- Connect to the remote desktop.
- Launch Matlab and immediately cut the connection to the remote desktop.
- Wait 30 seconds or so (to give Matlab time to launch), and reconnect to the remote desktop.
- Create a plot with a pause beforehand, e.g.,
pause(10); plot([1,2], [1,2]);
Before the 10 seconds of pause() finish, cut the connection again.
5. Wait 10 seconds, and then reconnect to the remote desktop.
For some reason, as long as Matlab launches and creates its first plot in the background while I'm not connected to the remote desktop, all subsequent operations work and I don't get the LoadLibrary error 87 anymore.
