How to solve "This file was modified outside of Illustrator" error?

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June 11, 2020
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I was drawing something last nigh and today in the mornign Ilustrator don't let me open It and shows a message that says " This file was modified outside of Illustrator" and I can't find any YouTube video to solve this and all the other questions about this doesn't seem to provide an actual anwer, I dont know much about computers, what can I do? I don't have a back up from the file, I use Windows 10, and Is a shared program but no one opened this file, after that message appears this 2 optios of the picture that says:

"Discard changes while maintaining Ilustrator's editing capabilities"

"Maintain changes, reducing Ilustrator's editing capabilities"

None of those options let me draw on the file just open in some empty white space and one of the options have the drawing but don't let me move anything, how can I solve this?

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Bill Silbert

Community Expert

By a shared program do you mean that you are using Illustrator on a network server and saving to that server? Is this problem just happening to this file? If you have an earlier version of the file try saving it locally to your hard drive and see if the same problem happens. In general Illustrator does not work well over a network. It is probably best to always save your files locally before storing them on a server.

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OrdinaryguyAuteur

Known Participant

- Yes the adobe account is from one of my friends and is on Creative Cloud I guess, but i can see the files on my Doccuments on my computer
- Yes it just happened to that file, I checked another file and opened normally.
Just a question, by saving it on my hard drive what do you mean? When I save the file I just click on Save and I can see where is locked on my computer, that means it is saves on my hard drive or i just have to save it differently? Im really sorry if this sound confusing im new in to this.

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Saving to your hard drive means that it is saved to an actual location (a file, folder or on the desktop) on your computer rather than saving to a folder that is shared across a network via the internet.