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JSFoster75
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Jul 30, 2025 4:14 PM UTC
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Files won't close when doing a Save...

Files will not close if it is the only file open. Cannot even quit Illustrator, have to open task manager and force close, then it tries to do a file recovery when Illustrator is re-opened.

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Smriti Capoor
Community Manager
Sep 8, 2025 11:37 AM UTC

@Rohit_Jain 

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Smriti, Product Marketing, Adobe Illustrator
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Sep 8, 2025 8:02 AM UTC

Hey there,

 

We're also having some issues with some of our users.

One of them are using Adobe Illustrator version 29.71

 

On some files Adobe Illustrator closes without any problem, while on others the program just wont close down.

We have to close the program without saving, even though it's already saved.

 

Any help is appreciated.

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Smriti Capoor
Community Manager
Aug 27, 2025 6:03 AM UTC

Thank you for raising this @Kristina22368250590z We are looking into this.

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Smriti, Product Marketing, Adobe Illustrator
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Aug 26, 2025 10:54 PM UTC

Having the exact same issues.
Have employed your workaround to create a new file, copy and paste my old content into the new file, and save it again.

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JSFoster75
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Aug 26, 2025 7:24 PM UTC

I seem to have determined at least part of the problem. 

 

After completely uninstalling (including user preferences), registry cleaning, reinstalling. As long as I create a new file, it will work perfectly. If I open an old file (anything created prior to uninstall/reinstall) and try to do anything with it, the file will not close and I have to force Illustrator to close. (Illustrator 29.7.1 64 bit)

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JSFoster75
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Aug 18, 2025 11:45 AM UTC

I'm not sure if it is reproducible, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

I'm at my PC Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm EST

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Adobe Employee
Aug 18, 2025 5:27 AM UTC

Hi @JSFoster75 

If you have reproducible steps, would you be available for a debug session at your convenience? This will help us analyze the issue in real time and work toward a faster resolution.

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Smriti Capoor
Community Manager
Aug 18, 2025 4:06 AM UTC

@Rohit_Jain please check.

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JSFoster75
Known Participant
Aug 15, 2025 4:03 PM UTC

Well, I just had the same issue with Illustrator 29.7.1. I had a complex file open, I did a Ctrl+S to save it, then attempted to close the file and it refused to close. I finally went to my Task Manager and forced Illustrator to close, when I reopened Illustrator, it asked me to resave the recovered file, but still did not generatea .dmp file or a crash log...

 

1 note, if I have multiple files open, it will close all but 1. If there is only 1 file open, it will not close it...

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Adobe Employee
Aug 13, 2025 12:17 PM UTC

Let me know if you face this issue again. Accordingly, I will schedule a meeting to debug it.

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