Adobe Illustrator - Taking forever to save and behaving weird.

I have a new laptop with Windows 11.
I installed Adobe Illustrator latest version (30.0), no updates outstanding.
I created a file (less than 2MB in size).
Located in a folder on the Desktop (C Drive).
When I save the file it takes approx. 5 mins to save. During this time Illustrator tells me it is not responding.
I have created a test file with one rectangle on the canvas.
I selected file>save to save the file to the same folder on the desktop.
Nothing seemed to happen...the file name still displayed an asterix (*) indicating that changes had not been saved.
I tried to select file>save again, however, it is greyed out.
I selected file>save as instead...I get a message saying "The document "Untitled-2.ai" is currently getting saved. Try again after the process is complete.
I attempted to save the file again. This time the save option is available. I selected it and the same thing happened again.
What the **** is going on?