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Participant
January 3, 2023
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Blank black opening screen

  • January 3, 2023
  • 4 replies
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Hi,

For a while when i open the illustrator it gives this blank screen. Deleting and reinstalling didn't work at all.

Correct answer Anubhav M

Hello @Şebnem27778969u4tr @defaulthuhtzsfto11k,

 

Sorry to hear about this experience. I hope the suggestions shared by Monika, Charu, and Met1 helped resolve the problem. If not, kindly try the following steps and share your observations:

 

  • Close all Adobe applications.
  • Rename the UXP folder to UXP.old
    (Windows) Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\UXP
    (macOS) Navigate to Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP
  • Relaunch Illustrator

 

Looking forward to your response.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

4 replies

Participant
July 19, 2024

Didnt work for me

 

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 24, 2024

Hello @Sean3869724743ne,

I'm sorry to hear that the suggestions did not help. Would you mind sharing more details, like the exact version of the OS/Illustrator and screenshots of the problem, so we can better assist you?


Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Anubhav MCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
January 15, 2023

Hello @Şebnem27778969u4tr @defaulthuhtzsfto11k,

 

Sorry to hear about this experience. I hope the suggestions shared by Monika, Charu, and Met1 helped resolve the problem. If not, kindly try the following steps and share your observations:

 

  • Close all Adobe applications.
  • Rename the UXP folder to UXP.old
    (Windows) Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\UXP
    (macOS) Navigate to Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP
  • Relaunch Illustrator

 

Looking forward to your response.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

Participant
June 20, 2024

This solution worked for me.

Participant
January 3, 2023

Same thing here, except white screen of death on Windows. I have home screen enabled for Ai, latest version, have restarted my computer, uninstalled/reinstalled the program, removed all plug-ins and stuff, and it still won't open a thing. Id and Ps are working fine to open files

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 3, 2023

"White screen of death"? So the PC crashed? Or what are you referring to with the death?

 

Does it work with the setting Charu posted above?

Charu Rajput
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 3, 2023

Are you not able to perform any operation in Illustartor.? Did you try to open new document?

If you want to see Home Screen when no document is open, then check the checkbox under Illustrator -> Settings -> General.

Best regards
Participant
January 5, 2023

Thanks for the reply! But I checked it but it's already marked as you mentioned.