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April 8, 2010
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can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try

  • April 8, 2010
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Hi,

I'm in CS4 and trying to open an eps file and get the message:

Can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try again.

The file won't even open, and I've never had this message before. Does anyone know how to fix or deal with this?

Thanks,

Michael

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    Correct answer miguelpalomar

    I've just had the same problem. The illustrator windows shrunk and and said won't open it but then if you maximize the window it will do. WEIIIIIRRDDD but works!

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    jade786
    Known Participant
    December 8, 2022

    I just got this error message for the first time and tried all the suggestions, including the one marked "Solved" but it didn't solve the problem. I increased the window size, I tried opening it directly from within Illustrator, I tried every YouTube trick. I still get the message "Can't open the illustration. There is not enough room for the window; increase document area and try again."

     

    It's 2022. This shouldn't still be a problem! Any ideas? I'm on a Retina 5K iMac running macOS Monterey 12.6 with 128GB RAM and more than enough hard drive space. Thanks in advance for solutions!

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      JasonSWrench
      Participating Frequently
      December 17, 2022

      I just started having this problem too. After all these years, I'm kind of amazed that this is a continuing problem. 

      Jason

      Anshul_Saini
      Community Manager
      Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      December 28, 2022

      Hi @jade786 @JasonSWrench,

       

      We are sorry to hear about your experience. This is not the experience we want you to have.

      Would you mind sharing the download link to the Ai file, including all linked files and your system specifications?

      Also, please confirm the exact version of OS & Ai.

       

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

       

      Thanks,

      Anshul Saini

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      Real Wisdom Relavo
      Participant
      February 15, 2021

      guys, there is a video on youtube that guides you on how to fix this problem
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcpOrozyrWA

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        alvaroa63020996
        Participant
        December 3, 2018

        Guess this isn't getting fixed. 8 years now :/

        nr48385538
        nr48385538
        Participating Frequently
        October 2, 2020

        Ten years and counting...

          Thermoval S.A.
          Thermoval S.A.
          Participant
          June 6, 2018

          Illustrator CC under Windows 10, when opening a file from file explorer by hitting enter it happens every, one, two files. very annoying especially illustrator is in maxed out window and by hitting enter on a file to open it, illustrator's window shrinks and this error pops out. since this is CC and people reported it back in CS4 seems like we can't hope for a quick fix and meanwhile, I should maybe learn to open files the way Adobe considers the right way and does not trigger the error?

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          iPo0h
          Participant
          April 21, 2016

          Here is my solution:

          1: When Tab AI is Min like the picture -> Use mouse and drag at the bottom right  -> Follow the narrow

          2: Use explore

          3: Open your file AI

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            boyd49
            Participant
            May 9, 2017

            The key is to make the minimized window just a little smaller than the maximized. I was having this problem when launching a smart object from photoshop. It would always take it to the minimized window and give me an error.

            Aeizalt123
            Aeizalt123
            Participant
            June 8, 2015

            I don't get that error anymore thankfully, but I was just dragging and dropping for the time being. Nothing else worked otherwise.

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              jvajko
              Participant
              June 2, 2015

              Found fix here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcpOrozyrWA

              Resize the window from its small size to a larger size (don't maximize).

              Try opening the file again.

              Worked for me!

                susho1das
                susho1das
                Participant
                June 2, 2015

                Using Adobe Illustrator CS6 on Windows 8.1. Same problem. Fixed by using File->Open instead of opening normally by clicking on file.

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                emazenn
                Participant
                October 31, 2014

                My Solution for this is to ... before opening your file , you must go to last tab in the illustrator , then open the file , all is ok

                Aeizalt123
                Aeizalt123
                Participant
                September 19, 2014

                This is ridiculous. I'm always abruptly stopped in the middle of my creative flow to mess around and have to drag the file using Alt+Tab to the top of the workspace. I don't know why it's so annoying, it just seems like a small detail that Adobe can take care of. I often have a train of thought going on, and I have to re-orient myself after experiencing the error.

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