illustrator crashes on open preferences

Posted by Tomba on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Tomba
Published on 2010-03-01T16:20:30Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 19:03 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 263

Filed under:

adobe-illustrator

|

crash

My Illustrator (CS3, windows xp sp3) crashes when I select Edit...Preferences. This is a new error and has only started to happen recently. I can only guess my preferences have somehow become corrupted? Has anyone encountered this or can anyone suggest a solution?

© Super User or respective owner

Related posts about adobe-illustrator

How to create basic Adobe Illustrator files programatically?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I need to create a really basic Adobe Illustrator file on the clipboard that I can paste in Adobe Illustrator or Expression Design. I'm looking for code samples on how to programaticaly generate Adobe Illustrator Files, preferably from C# or some other .NET language (but at the moment any language… >>> More
Exporting to PNG from Adobe Illustrator cutting off edges

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I created a 40px x 40px image in Adobe Illustrator CS4. I saved as an .ai file and then tried to export as a PNG. Adobe Illustrator automatically crops the background and tightens the export to a rect around all the objects which if fine. In this case, I am not working edge to edge so my image is… >>> More
Adobe Illustrator can't open SVG file

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I have a generated SVG file which for some reason won't open in Adobe Illustrator when I serve the file content from my ASP.net application, but if I were to write this generated file directly to the file system from my ASP.net application, the file opens fine! I've put a zip of the two files here:… >>> More
Adding multiple gradients to object in Adobe Illustrator

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Hi, I have an object which is a path (a nose to be specific). Now I want both a linear gradient and a radial gradient to be added to the object. So these must be separate gradient objects I guess, and I can't find a way to add multiple separate gradients to a complete path so do I duplicate the object… >>> More
How to align multiple artboards in Adobe Illustrator CS4

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I have a bunch of artboards in a file and I want to align them accurately, like the way I can align graphic objects with Align panel. The alternative is to use a grid and align them manually with a mouse but may be there is a better way? Thanks! >>> More

Related posts about crash

Cannot login to Ubuntu 14.04 returns to the login screen

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I updated to 14.04 from 12.04.03. I was using cinammon at that time. When I upgraded to 14.04 ,I got a serious problem. I was unable to login, as whenever I hit enter after entering password, it is taking me straight to login screen again.I unable to login like Guest even. So, here is my .xsession-errors… >>> More
iphone app crash, crash log posted, help please

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
hi, we recenty had a programmer to develop a program for us but seems to have left us in the lurch with a part functioning application. my boss isnt happy at moment as we have spent a few hundred and have nothing to show for it at the moment. can anyone see any information in the crash log below… >>> More
iPad application crash in Apple review - cannot replicate in simulator, have crash log

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am clearly missing something obvious here and would really appreciate some input. I have tried repeatedly to submit an application to Apple (iPad in this case) that is crashing on their end when testing but I cannot replicated the situation on my end (obviously I only have the damned simulator… >>> More
locate the crash code from the crash log in my ip4 device

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
How could I locate the crash code from the crash log in my ip4 device? As the crashed thread 0 presents a serial frameworks and main.m, I couldn't locate the accurate code launched this crash and debug it. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance! Incident Identifier: B6BD84B7-CE0A-485D-A877-0FD0F5B75933 CrashReporter… >>> More
How to report a crash when there isn't a .crash file

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I am suffering from a bug/crash in Natty, which I have logged in Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/737928 The response I got back on my bug was a "provide us with a .crash file, or we won't look into it". Not very helpful really, but I can understand that the developers need something… >>> More