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duncaninfrance
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January 29, 2010
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Illustrator 10 and Windows 7

  • January 29, 2010
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I have been running Illustrator 10 on XP for some time now without any problems.

I have just bought a new computyer and installed Windows 7 Home Premium.

I have loaded Photoshop CS2 with no problems but after going through the loading of Illustrator 10, which it did as normal, it won't open the programme. It shows it but when the icon is clicked it briefly shows the loading screen and then returns to the W7 desktop.

Do I need a newer version of Illustrator or is ther a fix lurking somewhjere that I can load?

Duncan

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      thahamina374892284lv4
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      May 19, 2024

      adobe illustrator problem 

       

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 19, 2024
      @thahamina374892284lv4  schrieb:

      adobe illustrator problem 

       

       

      Do you have an issue with Illustrator version 10? Which is 25 years old by now.

      bulbulh95931566
      bulbulh95931566
      Participant
      April 24, 2017

      I need Illustrator 10 for windows 8.1 64 bit...

      any one can help me.....?

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      Royspc
      Participant
      February 23, 2014

      Illustrator 10 runs fine on Windows 7.   Virtual XP is not required.

      I have been running it ever since I installed 7.

      The probable problem is RAM.

      Runs fine with 2 GB RAM.

      When I upgraded to 4 GB I got the same problem as you described. it.  Error code says it is a memory access violation.

      I bought  4 GB ram of a different type with the same result.

      Pull one of the two 2 GB modules and Illustrator runs again.

      Illustrator 10 is just incompatible with more than 2 GB of RAM.

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      chapel
      Participant
      October 1, 2015

      Andrea,

      Your info was beatifully explained and resolved my issue in 9 seconds. I am now enjoying the software Adobe Illustrator 10 as you stated.

      Enjoy the good qualities of life!

      Chapel

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      GrigoriLoy
      Participant
      April 12, 2011

      You need Windows 7 - PROFESSIONAL to run it.

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      duncaninfranceAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      April 12, 2011

      Yes, I know.

      Although it pains me to say it, I haved changed to CoreDRAWX4 and now I have got my head round it's basics I must say that I prefer it ( to 10 )  

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      Anonymous
      April 12, 2011

      It don't pain me, i switched to Freehand, so much better than illy.

                                 

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      photosarebeautiful
      Participant
      February 8, 2010

      Hi Duncan,

      sorry to say, but the moderator's answer is not correct. Reading your conversation three days ago lead me to two days of agony in how I would get an urgent AI-file finished (which I did at someone else's office).

      I also own illustrator 10 (updated today on 10.03 via adobe.com) and - since a couple of days - windows7, and I today found out. Yes, there is an easy-to-use tool integrated in windows 7 to help run older software versions which ran under XP and do not immediately run under 7:

      Right-click on the illustrator symbol under your start menue -> all software (it must be the original symbol, not a short-cut) . A menue will be displayed with several options. Click on the second one from above (on my German PC it reads "Behandeln von Kombatibilitaetsproblemen", in English it would be something like "treating combatibility problems"). Sit back, relax, let windows do the mostly automatic 2-minutes-fixing tour, and enjoy illustrator 10 under windows7.

      Andrea

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        duncaninfranceAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        February 8, 2010

        Thank you for the info Andrea, I appreciate your help. I am not sure but I don't think that the XP facility is included in Windows 7 Home edition. I will have a look though.

        Cheers

        Duncan

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        photosarebeautiful
        Participant
        February 8, 2010

        Hi Duncan,

        I use Windows 7 Home Premium.

        I assume this tool is included in all versions of Windows 7 and is one of the many features which make Windows 7 so distinctively more comfortable than earlier Windows versions.

        Andrea

        Mylenium
        Mylenium
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        January 29, 2010

        Do I need a newer version of Illustrator

        99% yes. A few people have had luck with compatibility modes, but these cases seem to be rare. Just too much AI doesn't like about W7. If you have W7 Business or Ultimate, you can of course always use the XP Virtual Machine.

        Mylenium

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