Matlab: Undefined function or method 'propertyeditor' for input arguments of type

launching matlab, typing ‘figure’, menu: View->Property Editor, and then``` > ??? Undefined function or method ‘propertyeditor’ for input arguments of type
> ‘double’.
> Error in ==> viewmenufcn at 43
> propertyeditor (hfig, ‘toggle’)
> ??? Error while evaluating uimenu Callback

  

> \> \[...\] In my case the following folder was missing:  
> \> "$MATLAB\\toolbox\\matlab\\plottools"  
> \>  
>   
> did help here, too. strangely enough the error occurred only for certain users - even after they had deleted their ~/.matlab directory...