adobe illustrator automatic renaming my save files

Hi Aaron,

Sorry to hear about this. This is not the usual behavior of the app. I agree with @lambiloon & @Monika Gause  both here. I see multiple files with similar pattern here. You're saving files on the local drive.

I'd recommend you to do these two things mentioned below:

1. Reset preferences: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html#setting_illustrator_preferences

**Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

2. Try creating a new user account on your machine: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-10-20de74e0-ac7f-3502-a866-32915af2a34d

Let us know if it helps.

Regards,

Ashutosh