MDCE services cannot be started

Hi,

I want to set up a cluster for passing matlab jobs under windows 10. When opening the AdminCenter of the Parallel Computing toolbox I can add the host and it is marked as reachable, however an attempt to start the MDCE service leads to the following error message, leaving the MDCE Status "unavailable"

"Error on machine 172.18.148.122:

Could not start command C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2018b\toolbox\distcomp\bin\mdce.bat -noprompt -version due to IO problem."

Firewall port settings are adapted and the username was added to the mdce_def.bat file according https://de.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2019a/matlab-parallel-server/configure-advanced-options-for-matlab-job-scheduler-integration.html

Is there anything else I may have forgotten?