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May 10, 2020
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"The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error. [CANT]" while Image Tracing on Windows

  • May 10, 2020
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Hi,

I am Abir. About two days ago I inastalled a trial vertion of Adobe Illustrator.But after two days I can't able to trace any image.When I click on "Image Trace" a dialogue box pops up saying "The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error.  [CANT]" 

I don't know why I am having this problem but I hope I will get some help from you.

please tell me how I solve this problem.

Thank you! 

 

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Correct answer Ashutosh_Mishra

Hi Abir,

 

Sorry to hear about your experience. I hope your issue is resolved. We'd appreciate if you can share the solution so that other users can get help as well.

If it is not, apart from details asked by Monika, would you mind sharing more information about your workflow? You may share a small video of the workflow so that we can understand the issue better.

You may try resetting the preferences by following the steps below:

For MAC 

  • Close all Adobe applications. 
  • Go to locations 
  • ~/Library/Caches 
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe 
  • ~/Library/Preferences 
  • Rename Adobe Illustrator, com.adobe.illustrator and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings folders to Adobe Illustrator.old, com.adobe.illustrator.old and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings.old 
  • Launch Illustrator from the Creative Cloud. 

  

For Windows 

  • Close all Adobe applications. 
  • Go to Location C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe 
  • Rename  Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings folders to Adobe Illustrator.old and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings.old 
  • Launch Illustrator from the Creative Cloud. 

 

**Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and Illustrator will launch with default settings. This way all your old settings will be saved in .old folders and Illustrator will recreate new folders with default settings.

 

Let us know if it helps. Looking forward to your response.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

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Ashutosh_Mishra
Ashutosh_MishraCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 16, 2020

Hi Abir,

 

Sorry to hear about your experience. I hope your issue is resolved. We'd appreciate if you can share the solution so that other users can get help as well.

If it is not, apart from details asked by Monika, would you mind sharing more information about your workflow? You may share a small video of the workflow so that we can understand the issue better.

You may try resetting the preferences by following the steps below:

For MAC 

  • Close all Adobe applications. 
  • Go to locations 
  • ~/Library/Caches 
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe 
  • ~/Library/Preferences 
  • Rename Adobe Illustrator, com.adobe.illustrator and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings folders to Adobe Illustrator.old, com.adobe.illustrator.old and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings.old 
  • Launch Illustrator from the Creative Cloud. 

  

For Windows 

  • Close all Adobe applications. 
  • Go to Location C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Adobe 
  • Rename  Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings folders to Adobe Illustrator.old and Adobe Illustrator 24 Settings.old 
  • Launch Illustrator from the Creative Cloud. 

 

**Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and Illustrator will launch with default settings. This way all your old settings will be saved in .old folders and Illustrator will recreate new folders with default settings.

 

Let us know if it helps. Looking forward to your response.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

Participant
March 15, 2023

I have tried every suggestion in this thread and I am still not able to get Illustrator to Live Trace anything. I get the same error message.

Anshul_Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 16, 2023

No one had mentioned this before. When I used a jpeg that was 400 px on it's shortest side, Live Trace worked again! Thanks for the tip.


I'm glad to hear that the issue with Live Trace in Adobe Illustrator has been resolved for you, @bag man!

 

If you have any more questions or encounter any further issues, please feel free to reach out. We're here to assist you and ensure a seamless experience with Adobe Illustrator.

 

Thank you for sharing your feedback and letting us know about your positive outcome. We appreciate your support!

 

Best regards,
Anshul

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 10, 2020

This image is probably too large for tracing.

 

You won't get "better quality" when tracing a photo.

Participant
May 11, 2020

No! It happens on every image. I can't trace any image right now.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 11, 2020

Please tell us which system this is.

Also: how much free RAM on the machine?

Did you already restart the computer?

Or reset the preferences?

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 10, 2020

I've moved this from the poorly named Community Help forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Illustrator forum so that proper help can be offered.