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Illustrator Crashes When Copying - Illustrator 29.6.1 / Win 11

Community Beginner ,
Jul 31, 2025 Jul 31, 2025

I’m experiencing an issue with Adobe Illustrator where I cannot copy anything. Both Ctrl+C and right-click > Copy cause the software to crash immediately. This has been happening repeatedly throughout the day.

Could you please advise on the cause and any possible solution? It’s really frustrating that Illustrator can’t handle such a basic function like copying without crashing.

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Adobe Employee , Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

Hello @Nadia37972677f0tk,

We have received reports from several customers that the latest Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148.0 has potentially fixed this issue.
Could you try installing the update and letting us know if it helps?

MSWinDefendUpdate.pngexpand image


Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

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Adobe Employee , Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

Hello everyone,

We have received reports from several customers that the latest Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148.0 has potentially fixed this issue.
Could you try installing the update and letting us know if it helps?

MSWinDefendUpdate.png


Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

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Community Beginner ,
May 08, 2024 May 08, 2024

Tengo el mismo antivirus de antes - ESET - antes iba bien cortar/pegar. Ahora no

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Mentor ,
Dec 06, 2021 Dec 06, 2021

Try a prefs reset.

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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 30, 2021 Dec 30, 2021

Hi @FABIOLA SOLED22078730wk0l,

 

Sorry about the trouble you are facing. I hope the issue is resolved by now. If not, I would like to know if you are using any clipboard app? Does resetting Illustrator preferences help resolve the issue as suggested above by @Met1? If not, I would suggest you to try running the app in Safe Mode and let us know how it goes.

 

Kindly update the discussion if you still need assistance with it. We'd be happy to help.

 

Thanks & Regards,

Anshul Saini

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New Here ,
Mar 05, 2024 Mar 05, 2024

Buenos dias. A mi pasa igual desde hace algunas actualizaciones. Me pasa con el texto sobre todo pero tambien con objetos

 

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 07, 2024 Mar 07, 2024

Hello @Oliver35868916qqjr,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind trying to run Illustrator under Safe Mode (Windows / macOS) and checking if it helps? Also, try running Illustrator under a different administrator account (Windows / macOS) and share your observations.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

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Apr 11, 2024 Apr 11, 2024

Hola, has podido arreglarlo??? Yo llevo desde hace dos semanas o más que no puedo copiar y pegar en el mismo lugar y al pegar texto no me respeta las caraterísticas de este y menos aún copiar en illustrator y pegar en inndesign. Desinstale e instale todos los programas y  restablecí los pressets de fabrica y no se soluciona. 
Gracias de antemano

 

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New Here ,
May 09, 2024 May 09, 2024

Hola, he tenido el mismo problema desde hace unos dos meses. Lo pude resolver desinstalando el Antivirus que tenía. Tal vez les ayude esto también.

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Community Beginner ,
May 09, 2024 May 09, 2024

¿Y qué antivirus has puesto después? ¿O funcionas sin antivirus?

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New Here ,
May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024

Tenía TOTAL AV, pero luego de que funcionará por varios días, volvío a presentar problemas. La verdad ya no sé si era eso qué es.

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New Here ,
May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024

Actualmente tengo el de Windows Defender... 😕 por ahora.

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Community Beginner ,
May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024

A saber :_(

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024

Hola, a mi también me está pasando esto hace ya unas semanas y es muy frustrante, además va super lento

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New Here ,
Jul 09, 2024 Jul 09, 2024

Yo lo resolvi copiando (control + c) texto de otro programa abierto  y pegandolo a la ventana activa de Illustrator, como que desbloquea el comando, espero te funcione. Yo despues de 4 años sigo teniendo el mismo problema. 

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New Here ,
Jun 08, 2025 Jun 08, 2025

buenas, aunque llego varios años pasados, creo tengo una solución. Me falla tambien asi, podia usar ciertos comandos pero copiar, pegar y deshacer no. ya me habia acostumbrado a hacerlo todo desde la pestaña edicion cuando me di cuenta que tenia desconfigurado los valores por defecto jaja.

 

en la pestaña edicion → metodos de abreviado del teclado → (hasta arriba hay una pestaña desplegabe que puede decir "herramientas" ó "controles de menú").  controles de menu → otros varios (hasta abajo desplegas y ahi veras que estan desconfigurados). 

Solo tienes que poner de nuevo los comandos manualmente y ya.

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New Here ,
Jun 08, 2025 Jun 08, 2025

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New Here ,
Jun 08, 2025 Jun 08, 2025

perdon, no encuentro como editar para poder correguir, no es en "otros vario" es en edicion jeje. perdón 

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 08, 2025 Jun 08, 2025

Gracias.
probaremos lo que apuntas a ver si funciona

 

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New Here ,
Aug 08, 2025 Aug 08, 2025

Buenas chicos, la verdad que ha empezado hoy fallar este comando, he hecho vuestras soluciones pero nada... Hay algo nuevo porque he probado de todo y es un horror

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 08, 2025 Aug 08, 2025

Hi @Nadia37972677f0tk,

 

Sorry to hear the copy-paste command has started acting up. Could you confirm if this happens with all files or only certain ones? Please also let me know your Illustrator version and operating system. Sometimes this can be caused by corrupted preferences or a conflict with antivirus or clipboard manager software, so try resetting Illustrator preferences and, if possible, running Illustrator in Safe Mode to see if it works there. Reference: 

Windows: https://adobe.ly/3UOwsqW

macOS: https://adobe.ly/3UP79F9

Also, please confirm if your Illustrator is getting crashed while copying. 
Let me know how it goes.

 

Looking forward to hearing back from you. 

Abhishek

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New Here ,
Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

Hola! gracias por responder tan pronto, he estado probando estos días y sigue igual, tengo la última versión de AI 29.7.1, actualizado hoy. De windows 11 enterprice - versión 23H2 //  22631.5624.

También he restablecido las preferencias de Ai, he borrado todo, he vuelto a instalar y nada de nada. 

Y si, se bloquea durante la acción ctrl+ C o ctrl+x, es todo lo que influye en el portapapeles o así.

 

Gracias! Espero su respuesta 

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

Hello @Nadia37972677f0tk,

We have received reports from several customers that the latest Windows Defender security intelligence update - 1.435.148.0 has potentially fixed this issue.
Could you try installing the update and letting us know if it helps?

MSWinDefendUpdate.pngexpand image


Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

While I wait for my IT department to respond to my tickets regarding the Security update I have saved a very large Illustrator file with multiple artboards to an .aic (cloud file). Confirming I can copy and paste while working in the desktop app BUT saving the file to the cloud instead of local drive or SharePoint.

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

SCRAP the .aic idea as posted above. It worked at first but as soon as I converted/uploaded some getty vectors to cloud and tried to do more complex tasks it started crashing again 😞

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 14, 2025 Aug 14, 2025

It's 15 Aug here in Oz. IT department hasn't responded to my ticket so can only presume Adobe has fixed the issue as Copy isn't crashing app anymore.

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New Here ,
Aug 13, 2025 Aug 13, 2025

Got the update on my work laptop yesterday—happy to say it finally fixed the Ctrl+C issue I’d been dealing with for two weeks!

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