Can't open the illustration could not complete the requested operation

none of these solutions work and this is a MAJOR issue across all CC illustrators + OSX El Capitan

NO FILES WITH MORE THAN 5 ART BOARDS or 100 MBS open -- it is infuriating

years of work are gone and blank if you try to open any files with these sizes / board numbers. @

The place solution imports blank boards as well and there is nothing to release in the clipping / totally blank everything

ugh!

Adobe is dead -- time for SKETCH 100%

I was a lifelong adobe user until this (fatal) shitshow.

I know this is five years later but this solution worked for me.

1. Open a new AI document.

2. File>Place> your original corrupt file. Make Sure you have Enable: Adobe Illustrator(.ai,.ait) selected.

3. It will ask you to select which page if you have multiple artboards.

4. Once the file is placed Object>Release Clipping Mask until all your illustrations are free from the clipping mask. You may also have to ungroup the objects.

Not sure if this works if you have art place outside the Art Boards.

same problem here with a 200 MB file... When I try to open it, after the status bar, I get the same error as you.

tha result is only a blank file (also in acrobat)

I've tried the enable recovery trick, but I don't get any file on the folder.

I'm really desperate ...

Steve,

You may try this:

A) Safeguarding:

Save a copy of the file under another name.

B) Preparation:

1) Quit Illy;

2) Find and open the aiprefs file; you can see instructions in the Working with the AIPrefs file here: http://www.bugge.com/Family-and-friends/Illy/illy.html

3) In the aiprefs file, find "enable content recovery" and set the value to 1 (instead of 0);

4) Save the aiprefs file without changing its name;

5) Open Illy;

6) Create an empty document.

C) Creation of text files to work with:

1) File>Open;

2) Select the corrupted file, and Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Win) or Cmd+Option+Shift (Mac) when opening it;
3) Close without saving;

4) Repeat 1) - 3) for the empty document.

The two files will have an underscore added before the names.

D) Repair:

1) Open each of the underscored files in a text editor such as Notepad;
2) Delete anything in the corrupted file that looks like the contents of the empty document;
3) Copy the remaining parts into the empty document and save it under a new name;
4) Open the hopefully repaired document.

I hope this is enough. Midnight is near.

Please report back.