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December 3, 2021
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Illustrator version 26 in not compatible with version 25

  • December 3, 2021
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Haveing issues opening version 26 Illustrator files in version 25 will not open flattens or crashes machine even though Adobe says it is comnpatible

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Anshul_Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 6, 2021

Hi there,

 

Sorry about the trouble. I would request you to please share a few more details, including the ones asked by @Doug A Roberts:

  • Is this happening with a specific file?
  • Could you please share the document with us? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud/Dropbox/ Google Drive and share the download link here or via DM.
  • Where are these files saved (Network Drive/ System HDD/ Shared Folder on System/ External HDD)?
  • Are there any recent changes made to your system? For example, any antivirus, system updates, plugins, or web extensions installed recently.

 

We are here to help. We just need more information.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Anshul Saini

Participant
December 6, 2021

You can only open up Version 26 .ai files in V26 if you try in V25 it either crashes the machine or flattens the file like it’s a flattened PDF, all layers in one folder and it embeds the links, I have been able to open V26 in V25 if you save as a EPS BUT it embeds all the images

 

This is one ALL machines so this is NOT machine specific and NOT file specific

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 6, 2021

What is in these files?

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 3, 2021

Have you used the new 3D & Materials panel at all in these files?

Do you get any alert messages when trying to open the file in v25?