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  1. Empty / Blank Home Screen

    When I open Adobe Illustrator, NOTHING shows up on my home screen. The only thing I can do is create "New From Template." I've reinstalled the app, but the bug still persists. Please help ASAP.

    Attached is a screenshot of the bug.

    8 votes

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  2. Illustrator freezes as soon as it opens

    Each time I try to open the program it freezes as soon as it launches. The screen will load, but remains unresponsive.
    I'm on a windows computer that runs far more demanding programs than this without issue.

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  3. Illustrator 2021 won't initialize on Big Sur

    Illustrator 25.0
    MacOS 11.0.1
    iMac Pro, latest updates of everything. Nothing else running.

    Illustrator forever stuck on "Initializing..."
    Tried uninstalling, including preferences and reinstalling. Won't start.

    2 votes

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  4. The main menu in Adobe Illustrator 2021 has broken.

    The main menu in Adobe Illustrator 2021 has been broken help us fix the home menu at launch start-up system and get to work on killing all computer bugs in this desktop system Windows 10 Good luck!

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  5. Illustrator file showing "text import file" tab

    when i launch my illustrator file, it showing text import file, and i click ok. nothing is shown, just blank artboard.. please help me.. it's my important file :(
    even though the file size is 1MB, but when opened it doesn't show anything

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  6. Illustrator 2021 Won't Load - I have already contacted Customer Care. They were not able to help.

    Please help. There are a number of users experiencing this major bug. Please read: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/help-illustrator-2021-won-t-load/td-p/11530119?page=6

    I think Adobe needs to realize that it has been isolated to Illustrator v25.0 only. Like everyone else, the latest releases of Photoshop v22.0.1, InDesign v16.0, and Bridge v11.0 all work just fine. Moving down to Illustrator v24.3 seemed to help get everyone back to work. However, since this is a newer version, there is a question on the projects that we have been working on with v25.0 will open up without any hiccups with v24.3. I am testing that right now as I have…

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  7. Big Sur

    Updated Big Sur and Illustrator about the same time one of them is no letting Illustrator open at all, entire day lost

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  8. illustrator 2021 stuck on initializing on mac

    illustrator 2021 stuck on initializing until I restart the whole system on mac. I have the latest version

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  9. V25 won’t launch

    Won’t launch. Crashes during initialization. V24 works fine.

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  10. コピー&ペーストできない

    「別名で保存」を新規フォルダの中にするとき、ファイル名をコピーし、「新規フォルダ」を選択。
    その「新規フォルダ」の名称として先にコピーしたファイル名をペーストすることができない。(もちろん拡張子は抜いてです)

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  11. AI v25 causes error message at launch of Illustrator

    AI update is causes an error on launch. message box can be dismissed and program continues, but it should not happen. Rebooted machine, but it continues to happen, can I go back to AI 2020?

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  12. Software does'nt work

    Dear Adobe Creative Cloud helper,
    I have upgraded my software to version Illustrator 2021 via my Creative Cloud account on my iMac Pro (MacOS 10.15.7 Catalina). Everything was seemingly going right but, when I open my new Illustrator 2021, it quits out as soon as I move the mouse …
    I tried to uninstall and then install again but the same problem occurs. I can’t find out what is going wrong …
    Please Help me.

    4 votes

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  13. Suddenly I can't seem to open or create new files in Illustrator.

    when I tried to launch and run my ai files and trying to create new files, the application will just hang and nothing happens. I've uninstalled and re-install but the problem is still the same. It was still working fine 2 days ago. I need a solution fast because I have deadlines to meet!

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  14. Literally Everytime I open it it shows a grey screen after the Adobe Startup.

    Im using AI and Photoshop 2020 and I cant open it at all. Though it shows no problem when I open a file. Its just I cant make new files, it doesnt work. My university work i have been postponed for 2 weeks because of this. Please help.

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  16. This operation cannot complete because of an unknown error [CANT]

    "This operation cannot complete because of an unknown error [CANT] ." - Error pops-up and I can't even open a new document.

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  17. Illustrator Crash all the Time

    I cant open My Adobe Illustrator.

    Process: Adobe Illustrator [2530]
    Path: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator 2020/Adobe Illustrator.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Illustrator
    Identifier: Adobe Illustrator
    Version: 24.2.1 (24.2.1)
    Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
    Parent Process: ??? [1]
    Responsible: Adobe Illustrator [2530]
    User ID: 501

    Date/Time: 2020-07-31 10:42:31.074 -0700
    OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.6 (19G73)
    Report Version: 12
    Bridge OS Version: 3.0 (14Y908)

    Time Awake Since Boot: 2400 seconds

    System Integrity Protection: enabled

    Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

    Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
    Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x00000000000000a0
    Exception Note: EXCCORPSENOTIFY

    Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11
    Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code…

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  19. Version 24.2.1 Crashes at Launch

    I am working on a MacBook and updated to version 24.2.1. It functioned for several days and now crashes at launch. I uninstalled the application and re-installed it, but get the same result. I keep version 23.1.1 on my computer, and it works, but of course I can not open any version 24.2.1 files.

    Mac OS Mojave, 10.14.6 (18G3020), MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

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