Illustrator - CS2

[sonnyangel02]

Hey everyone - I have a quick one. I hope.
The thing is - I just installed the Illustrator CS2 on my computer. Mac, G5 - plenty of ram + hard drive space ... When I turn on the illustrator, a window pops us saying: "Could not complete the requested operation." And then It quits. and another window pops up - saying : "The application Illustrator has unexectedly quit" I'm not too sure about that's going on there.

any suggestions?

Thanks so much

[vtwin_gary]

is this a cracked version?

[urstwile]

Try repairing your permissions?

[sonnyangel02]

its not a cracked version - its the 30 day trial thing. I had a previous version installed - do u think that's messing it up somehow?

[doubting_thomas]

Have you cleaned out your font cache? That could cause what you're describing.

[sonnyangel02]

I'll give that a try - i knew that that could possibly be the problem but i didn't want to do something i wasn't sure about...

do u have any more suggestions - or feelings about what it could be?

Do different versions of Illustrator / or other Adobe products have issues when being on the same system at the same time with each other?

[PrintDriver]

Do different versions of Illustrator / or other Adobe products have issues when being on the same system at the same time with each other?

Nope. I run versions 10 through CS2 all the time, at the same time.
(Don't ask. Production work.)

[sonnyangel02]

:) ok then it must be something w/ my system...

[doubting_thomas]

Nope. I run versions 10 through CS2 all the time, at the same time.
(Don't ask. Production work.)

Seconded, if that's even a word. You get the jist.

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

THis happens on my PC all the time....my imac never has this problem....When I close it on my Pc and re open it...it works just fine....I have to do this everytime I reboot my PC. I never use my pc illustrator anymore though so it doesn't matter to me anyways!

[PersonasBinar]

boot into single mode and run the sbin/fsck -fy if the repairing permissions doesn't work..... do you have a million fonts active? Word to PD and keeping all version around ....just in case I still love 9 for it's ability to redefine the resolution of a vector. I need that when I get those crappy .eps files with chunky curves, usually a badly done export from Corel.

[sonnyangel02]

u see - it doesn't open anywhere - and every time i try it does the same thing. as for pc's - running such applications on pc's have also given me trouble, so i don't even bother anymore.

[PersonasBinar]

blow away the associated plist files and reinstall possibly.....have you done the permissions?

[PersonasBinar]

make sure you are in on administrator account when you do.

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

You mentioned earlier that it is a trial version that you have installed before on the same PC.....that may be the problem. Some trial versions place a file or a code (or something) on you computer that will not let you trial it again....but if I am wrong, please read the signature!

[sonnyangel02]

oh no - the trial thing - first time - and its a mac.

as for permissions and such - i have yet to try that. i'm reinstalling it after cleaning the font cache thing... we'll see if it works, i sure hope so..