in matlab 2014b uigetfile hangs

I am running Matlab Release 2014B. When I use uigetfile to open a file, it occasionally hangs up for no apparent reason. It appears to be a memory issue b/c if I close an application that is running, it then works ok.

[jgg]

Try a couple things.

First, try profiling: profile on; filename = uigetfile; profile viewer. This should tell you which parts are running slow.

It could very well be a memory issue if the directory is large or networked it could be slow to load. You can check this by running a memory monitor like task manager on Windows and watching it while calling the function.