The first thing I would try is to trash your Illustrator preferences.
To do this on a PC:
You can try the quick way of resetting on a PC which is to hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift when launching Illustrator and respond affirmatively when asked if you want to reset. There have been some recent reports that the window asking if you want to reset is not popping up but that the prefs are being reset anyway. If this works great but if it doesn’t you may have to manually delete them.
To do so:
On Windows 7 and above the preference files are hidden. To find them go to the Control Panel and open Folder Options and then click the View tab. Then select “Show hidden files and folders” or “Show hidden files, folders or drive options” in Advanced Settings. Then delete (or rename) the folder at the end of this path: C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [version number]\ Settings\<Language>. Make sure that Illustrator is closed when you do this. When you relaunch the program it will create new preference files and the program will be at its default settings.
The advantage of manually deleting preference files is that after you’ve reset up the program (make sure that no document window is open) to your liking, you can create copies of your personalized “mint” preference files (make sure that you quit the program before copying them—that finalizes your customization) and use them in the future to replace any corrupt versions you may need to delete.
If this does not work then I would try uninstalling Illustrator using the creative cloud desktop app. Then I would use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems . Then I would reinstall once again using the desktop app. If this does not work then I would try reinstalling Windows 10.
If all this fails I would contact Adobe Customer Care Contact Customer Care . They will be able to run diagnostics that this user to user forum is unable to do.
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