Interesting. Doesn't MCC require the Visual Studio compiler to enable the application to function without the Matlab interpreter as a standard executable file? I know nothing about DEPLOYTOOL, but a brief musing at Mathworks flags this http://blogs.mathworks.com/pick/2007/12/12/advanced-matlab-compiling-a-gui/You can create your .exe from your .m code, just use mcc commande or Deploytool
Youssef