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chrispelley
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January 28, 2020
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Not able to open CS2 file in Illustrator CC version

  • January 28, 2020
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Can a file create 15 years ago in Illustrator CS2 be opened in Illustrator CC today? 

 

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chrispelleyAuthor
Participant
February 5, 2020

Thank You for the replies everyone. I tried everyone's ideas with no sucess. I was able to recreate pretty close to the original from the small thumbnail I created. Thank you agian. 

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jacobr27848820
Participant
January 13, 2024

Hi Chris. I've had the same issue. I managed to work around it by simply adding the file extension .eps to the end of the file while in the finder, then it opens just fine.

—JR

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 13, 2024

    This thread is 4 years old - let's hope the problem is solved by now.

     

    Apart from that you can perfectly open CS2 files in newer versions, no voodoo needed. And certainly no EPS voodoo. And btw: the thread opener already wrote that the EPS voodoo didn't help them.

    Ashutosh_Mishra
    Ashutosh_Mishra
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2020

    Hi there,

     

    Thanks for reaching out. As others mentioned earlier, CS2 file should have no issues while opening in CC version.
    Is it possible to share the file? If yes, please upload it to the cloud and share the link with us.

    Regards,

    Ashutosh

    Luke Jennings
    Luke Jennings
    Inspiring
    January 28, 2020

    What is the original extension on the file? If .eps, it might be from Photoshop.

    If you open it in Acrobat and go to File> Properties> Description, it might show the original software that created it.

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    chrispelleyAuthor
    Participant
    January 28, 2020

    It was originally Illustrator document. Changing the extension to eps gives me the same error as well as trying the open in acrobat. It's a possiblity it got damaged somehow.

    Larry G. Schneider
    Community Expert
    Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 28, 2020

    Have you tried making a new document and then File>Place?

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 28, 2020

    Absolutely. I'm opening those old files all the time.

    Luke Jennings
    Luke Jennings
    Inspiring
    January 28, 2020

    Probably. You may need fonts or links that might have been used with the original file. Save it to a new name as .ai or .pdf. The document raster effects settings might be 72 ppi, you should change it to 300. In the unlikely event it won't open, or fonts & Links are missing, try opening it Acrobat (to salvage it).

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      chrispelleyAuthor
      Participant
      January 28, 2020

      I continue to get "The file is in an unknown format and cannot be opened" with every variation I try. I can add the .jpg extension to it and it will open a tiny thumbnail of what it is. Thank you for your help.

      Just Shoot Me
      Just Shoot Me
      Legend
      January 28, 2020

      Although I don't work with Illustrator at all I don't see why you would have a problem.

      At the worst the new version of Illustrator might want to Upgrade the files to one that would work better with the newer version. Like MS did with Word and excel files. 

      The only problem with that is if you were going to Share that file with someone that was running the very old version of the program.

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