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Inspiring
Oct 19, 2024 3:58 PM UTC
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InDesign 2025 (v20.0) crashes upon 'redo'

Hey there ID nerds, I tried to search this online but couldn't find anything on the topic. After updating to the latest 2025 v20.0 version, InDesign crashes everytime I use redo!

The report specifies "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" exceptionCode="0xc0000005"

Deleting preferences, unisnstalling reinstalling, updating graphics drivers, windows update, nothing seemed to work. Eventually, I rolled back to v19.5 and that's working as flawlessly as before.

 

Thought I will post and leave this here so there is a record of this bug/issue somewhere on the planet.

Kiran QureshiCorrect answer
Inspiring
Oct 20, 2024 3:29 PM UTC

Guys, thank you all for your time and replies. But I finally figured out the issue and successfully resolved it! #Eureka

It was the stupid Adobe Fonts!! I had hundreds of fonts that I used over the years via my account and once I deactivated them all, no more crashes! I don't know whether it was a specific set of fonts or there is some integration issue between Adobe Fonts & ME version of ID 2025, the language barriers and all, but deactivating Adobe Fonts seemed to fix the issue. Go figure 😄

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Kiran QureshiAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
Oct 20, 2024 3:29 PM UTC

Guys, thank you all for your time and replies. But I finally figured out the issue and successfully resolved it! #Eureka

It was the stupid Adobe Fonts!! I had hundreds of fonts that I used over the years via my account and once I deactivated them all, no more crashes! I don't know whether it was a specific set of fonts or there is some integration issue between Adobe Fonts & ME version of ID 2025, the language barriers and all, but deactivating Adobe Fonts seemed to fix the issue. Go figure 😄

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Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
Oct 20, 2024 3:40 PM UTC

@Kiran Qureshi

 

Too many fonts - especially when you've duplicates installed - can lead to unexpected crashes.

 

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Inspiring
Oct 20, 2024 3:43 PM UTC

I'm not sure about duplicates tbh, was using these for years, never had any issues. Oh well! with each upgrade comes new issues I guess 🙃

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Inspiring
Oct 19, 2024 6:21 PM UTC

Update:

Just updated on a completely different system... still running latest Win11 but a different GPU, CPU and such. Problem is still hapepning there... so it cannot be system-related, I don't know whether it's because I install the Arabic/Hebrew version but it's definitely an issue across multiple platforms.

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leo.r
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Oct 19, 2024 6:41 PM UTC
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I don't know whether it's because I install the Arabic/Hebrew version

By @Kiran Qureshi

 

that's a welcome detail. 

 

and do you have the same problem with the English version?

 

you can change the language in Creative Cloud app > Preferences (although I'm not sure if this step is fully sufficient to switch to the English version).

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Inspiring
Oct 19, 2024 7:08 PM UTC

Didn't try... don't intend to. The language preference is universal and I'm afraid it will affect the other programs... not worht the trouble. For now, I'm using v19.5 👍

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Inspiring
Oct 19, 2024 4:02 PM UTC

Sorry, posted too soon... running on Windows 11 with Nvidia GeForce 2060 GPU, everything is most-up-to-date as of today.

Happening with InDesign and InCopy as well, there seems to a common engine/file that they share which is causing the issue...

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leo.r
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Oct 19, 2024 4:43 PM UTC

first, try this general troubleshooting:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

 

will it make a difference?

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Inspiring
Oct 19, 2024 4:45 PM UTC

thank you leo, but as I stated, i cleared everything and installed from scratch as a fresh install... didn't make any difference!

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