Illustrator Crashing And Freezing

Hello @Frances2390824372tl,

Sorry to hear about this experience. I would request you to share a few additional details like:

• Please confirm if you are using Illustrator version 26.2.1
• Operating System and its version
• Please submit the Crash Report by following the steps in this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/illustrator/kb/crash-next-steps.html
  While submitting the crash report, please use the same email address with which you are signed in on this community. This will help us find the crash report and help accordingly.

Also, you may try the steps listed in this article and share your observations with us: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/fix-crash-on-launch-issues.html

Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings, and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,
Anubhav

Hi if you want to work on a new version I give you a tip first uninstall the current version then install the latest one then you get less experience...regards