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"Previous session of Illustrator running" message when launching Illustrator in Windows

New Here ,
Dec 02, 2019 Dec 02, 2019

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Below is a screenshot of the error that pops up when I attempt to launch Illustrator. This error has been occurring for 5 days. I have followed the error instructions to wait and try again later, but this has not fixed the problem. Does anyone have any solutions to this problem?

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Thanks in advance for your help!

 

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LEGEND , Dec 02, 2019 Dec 02, 2019

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind sharing some more information like:

1. Version of Illustrator and OS.

2. Have you tried task manager to check if there are Illustrator instances running? (You can right click on Start > Run > type "taskmgr.exe" and check the running instances. If you see Adobe Illustrator in the list, simply do a right click and click on End Task to close. I have attcahed a screenshot for your reference. Once done, try launching the Illustrator.)

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Let us know ho

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LEGEND ,
Dec 02, 2019 Dec 02, 2019

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Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind sharing some more information like:

1. Version of Illustrator and OS.

2. Have you tried task manager to check if there are Illustrator instances running? (You can right click on Start > Run > type "taskmgr.exe" and check the running instances. If you see Adobe Illustrator in the list, simply do a right click and click on End Task to close. I have attcahed a screenshot for your reference. Once done, try launching the Illustrator.)

Screenshot_4.png
Let us know how it goes.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

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New Here ,
Dec 02, 2019 Dec 02, 2019

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Ashutosh,

 

This worked! My background session of Illustrator has closed successfully.

 

Thank you for your help!

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

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I'm having the same issue with AI 2021 v 25.2.  Yes, the task manager trick works, but I've never had to take this extra step before.  When I save & close, AI shuts down, and I can open it back up whenever.  Now I can't.  This must be a glitch in Adobe.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

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Exactly the same problem

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New Here ,
Jul 30, 2020 Jul 30, 2020

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Hello I'm having this problem too and I am wondering if I force the session to close will my data and last session be saved or not? 

thank you gemma

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Community Expert ,
Jul 30, 2020 Jul 30, 2020

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Nobody will be able to give you any guarantee

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New Here ,
Jan 04, 2021 Jan 04, 2021

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Hi , this is not working for me can you please help me

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Community Expert ,
Jan 04, 2021 Jan 04, 2021

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Please create  a new thread and give us all your system info as well as a description of the issue.

Or contact Customer Care tohave them log into your system to figure it out: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html

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New Here ,
Aug 30, 2020 Aug 30, 2020

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THANK YOU! This absolutely worked for me.

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Guest
Oct 27, 2020 Oct 27, 2020

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When I open task manager illustrator is not there Im very lost

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Oct 27, 2020 Oct 27, 2020

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I figured it out thank u

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New Here ,
Dec 03, 2020 Dec 03, 2020

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How did you figure it out? I also get this message and it's not found under the task manager.

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New Here ,
Jun 16, 2021 Jun 16, 2021

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Did you got any solution ?

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How did you figure it out? I also get this message and it's not found under the task manager.


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New Here ,
Mar 31, 2021 Mar 31, 2021

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This is not working for me can you please help me(not find illustrator)

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 31, 2021 Mar 31, 2021

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I ended up uninstalling the most recent version of Illustrator, since I didn't have this issue with the earlier version.  I don't allow auto-update, and will check with each new version whether Adobe fixed the issue or not.

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