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Maggie5C8C
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October 14, 2023
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Nothing is selecting, all tools are pencil tools

  • October 14, 2023
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Hello all,

 

I have opened up a brand new Ai document and all of my tools when selected, defaulted to the pencil tool and I cannot select ANYTHING, as I get an error sound everytime I click on something. None of the layers seem locked as this is a brand new document so I don't know what's wrong! I am on version 28.0 of Illustrator.

 

I've tried restarting my computer, installing and reinstalling Illustrator, switching to a new version, resetting my preferences, and even running the Creative Cloud Cleaner tool to further reset Illustrator. I've attached a screencap of the issue (ignore the green box around the window, that was just from the screen capture software).

 

Please help me! I have never been so frustrated! :,(

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    Correct answer Maggie5C8C

    SOLVED!!!

    I just updated my graphics card driver and now EVERYTHING WORKS?

    I've been having the same issue seen here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/unsupported-video-driver-error/td-p/11824628 but for like a whole year and always ignored the message because everything worked fine.

     

    Not sure why that fixed it but I'm glad to be back! 🙂

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    Maggie5C8CAuthorCorrect answer
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    October 14, 2023

    SOLVED!!!

    I just updated my graphics card driver and now EVERYTHING WORKS?

    I've been having the same issue seen here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/unsupported-video-driver-error/td-p/11824628 but for like a whole year and always ignored the message because everything worked fine.

     

    Not sure why that fixed it but I'm glad to be back! 🙂

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 14, 2023

    Glad you solved it.

    Thank you for posting your solution - this will surely help others.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 14, 2023

    So when you grab the rectangle tool to draw a rectangle, you get that as well?

     

    Is there perhaps a window open somewhere? An alert message? 

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    Maggie5C8CAuthor
    Participant
    October 14, 2023

    Correct, all of my tools seem to not work, not even the hand or zoom tool will let me. Tried to see if I could find any error messages that could have been hidden offscreen but no such luck.

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    Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
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    October 14, 2023

    What are your computer system details (CPU, RAM, graphics card, etc)? Do you have any software running in the background that could possibly fight with Illustrator?

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    Maggie5C8CAuthor
    Participant
    October 14, 2023

    Hi Bobby,

    My specs are:

    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz 2.81 GHz
    Installed RAM 16.0 GB
    System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

    GeForce GTX 1070

     

    And no, I did not have any other programs open at the time that could have interfered with Ai.

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