Adobe Illustrator Windows 8.1 Free Download

[Amit Bolds]

I often have multiple windows open in Windows 10...like a web browser and email and perhaps some File Explorer wndows as well as a window for Illustrator CS5. Well, at times, I would be using it, naturally is the window on top...but sometimes, It falls under the other windows...and even click the tab on the task bar, doesnt bring it to the front. I literally have to minimize each window til I can see the Illustrator window, and when clicking on the window itself, not the tab, will bring it to the front again. I even had it fall behind the other windows with no warning. Is there a reason it does this? It is quite annoying when I'm looking resources or something to to help with a image an working on, or even just checking emails or someone messages me, and trying to bring it back to the front via clicking on the tab, for it to not work

Hope that explains it...I had this problem a long time, just wasnt sure how to articulate it properly...even when trying to google it, get results way off from what am looking for...and feel am just not wording the inquiry correctly.

I am afraid you will have to count yourself lucky to have CS5 running under Windows 10 at all, so you can expect all sorts of strangenesses, or worse, and hope Illy (job description Adobe Illustrator) stays afloat.

I'm having the same issue on my 2019 Macbook Pro...it only started doing in the past few months which leads me to believe it's an illustrator update issue or an OS update issue. When I click on the illustrator window to reposition it, it drops behind other windows I have pulled up. OS Ventura 13.3.1 (a). Illustrator 2023. It's not detrimental...just super annoying and kinda jams up my workflow. I keep all windows open on my desktop and do the two finger double tap on my apple mouse to toggle between windows. As a product designer I'm usually working across multiple programs. As I said, just really annoying more than anything else. Whomp whomp.

So this was my problem until I realized that most, if not all, problems with CS5 products (I had the problem with a different error message for both Illustrator and Fireworks) can easily be fixed by running the program as an administrator (this refers to Windows - Vista and 7). Not sure whether or not this was pointed out in another post but, before you come complaining (or just posting questions lol), try this method. If it doesn't work, well.... the forums are yours to "enjoy".

Go to Windows Logo (left bottom screen)
Click on AI logo
Right click on it and choose "Run as Administrator"
AI will open up, close it and re-open - the iritating message will not there anymore.

Thanks a lot it was driving me crazy!! CS5 and CS5.5 seems to have many bugs..Bc of this i have contacted Adobe Support on the phone, they made me erase a few, believe or not, systems folders, and reboot... can you imagine what happened next right...i ended up reinstalling the entire system. And i decided not to call the help support ever again!

I have tried running Illustrator CS5 "As Administrator" and still get this same message. This solution didn't work for me. I have even uninstalled Illustrator and re-installed Illustrator. Anyone else have any other suggestions?

This issue occured for me when I installed Adobe CS6 suite on 1 computer under my Administrator profile, and then a non-Administrator on the user attempted to open Illustrator when they logged into their profile.

It's always a headache for IT to install applications for all users, or another user, on their computer without giving them Administrative privileges, because there are always quirks like this one that Adobe and other software developers do not take into account or are too lazy to workaround any of Microsoft's shortcomings.

People shouldn't use optimization programs including reg cleaner in the first place... they're placebo and dangerous too. People using heavy programs like adobe product(which means they have a system good enough to run them) cannot really benefit from them at all.

I am running Illustrator CS6 in a 2008 R2 terminal server environment. I ran across this issue and wasn't able to resolve it through any kb article help. I did resolve the issue by adding a normal testuser as a local administrator, ran Illustrator as that user, then took the administrator access away. That resolved the registry prompt for the testuser and all other users who logged in afterward. I hopt this is helpful information for someone else.

This problem developed with my upgrade from CS6 to CC. I'm using a Toshiba Laptop running Windows 7. As I upgraded the half dozen or so cs6 to cc products I typically installed the new version, played with it some and then uninstalled the CS6 version. I believe this caused my problem with Illustrator CC.

I did the research and saw the recommendations to repair the registry but just decided to keep it simple and uninstall CC and reinstall as a first step. Oddly, when I listed all of my apps in the windows uninstall dialogue Illustrator CC was listed but not CS6. Once I begain the uninstall the Adobe dialogue listed both Illustrator CC and CS6. I okayed the uninstall of both and reinstalled CC. That fixed it.

Issue: Adobe Illustrator has detected some registry association issues, which need to be rectified for Illustrator to work properly. To fix this, right click Illustrator.exe and select "Run as Administator" to have the required privileges. Illustrator will then attempt to correct this problem

Resolution: Make the user an administrator and open the Illustrator then removed the administrator rights and if you launch the application again, it will use the registry created in admin mode and this will corrected the problem.

A decent Illustrator alternative that is free and open source is Inkscape. It's improving fast (e.g. it's finally starting to get good CMYK support, though some workarounds are still needed), it's better than it looks, and while it's not as good as Illustrator 14+ (CS4+), I'd choose it over version 9. Adapting to Inkscape is probably easier than trying to make Windows 98 software run on Windows 8.

I run illustrator 9.01 on windows 7 home edition mini tablet. SOrt of works. Best to keep a single tower XP machine with sp3, and run all old adobe progs and office 97. Goes at rocket speed and files are nice and small. Also not on net so virus free. Then get a laptop win 8 for browsing.

Open up the task manager and find the 32-bit setup process that is created when you try to launch the installer. If you tried and failed a few times, then there may be many of these listed. Kill all but one of the processes. Then go to the details pane (available in win10, not sure about earlier versions). Find the process in the details pane, then right click on the process. Select the option "analyze wait chain". If you see that the process is waiting for something else to terminate, that is where the hangup is...

Same here, Adobe Illustrator wouldn't open in Windows 8.1. At first I managed to open it via [right-click app > Troubleshoot compatibility> continue troubleshooting the program >try recommended settings > test the program] but that's a hassle. Thanks to the tips here I found another way to open it 'normally'. (I had nothing holding up the above mentioned "wait chain").

Open task manager, then open Illustrator, it will close immediately but it should leave a window stating it shut down. Don't close that window yet or illustrator will disappear from task manager. In your task manager: right-click adobe illustrator> properties>compatibility>tick 'run this program in compatibility mode for: I choose windows 8. So far so good, it's opening and operating normally.

It's a little difficult to explain this properly, but whenever I try to move the Illustrator program window to another part of my screen, it instantly moves behind every other program window I have open. Even if I just move it a teeny tiny bit...boom... now it's behind all the programs I have open. It is very annoying and I can't find a solution anywhere. I dropped in "before and after" screenshots if they help at all. You can see the "Pathfinder" toolbar is still in front of the Chrome window so it's definitely a weird glitch. The issue doesn't happen with any other Adobe program either. I have updated to the latest vesion of AI a few times and still no luck. I have a 2021 Macbook Pro. Anyone have a solution? Thank you.

I have had the same issue for weeks. In an attempt to solve it, I asked the internets and it led me here. Very frustrating stuff, as people have stated. I too tried some of the solutions here and nothing stuck. BUT... and I am crossing my fingers here, I switched workspaces to "layout" and so far everything is back in order. Been a couple hours now. Perhaps try this one... if it reverts back to our hated glitch I will report back.

hey thank you so much for the very quick response. I just tried the Reddit page suggested solutions but unfortunately they only work momentarily. When you try using any other application the issue comes right back again and no one has a solution yet. It makes it difficult to work when your job relies on AI, that's for sure!

oh I get it now. No, I don't have anything like that set up, but it's something weird with Illustrator only because no other Adobe app has this issue, and no other non-Adobe app does either, it's just Illustrator. If you look at the two screenshots I put in with my post, you can see that the Pathfinder window is still in front of the Chrome window even though the Illustrator window is behind everything. That makes me believe that it's a glitch of some sort that is AI-specific.

no, the same thing happens with any program. So let's say I have Chrome, Notes, and AI open at the same time and I go to type a note in the Notes app and then click back to AI and reposition the program window a little bit up on my screen, it will again shoot to the back but the Pathfinder window will still be in front of all other apps (in this case, it will show up in front of the Notes app in the correct position). I attached another screen shot to show you this exact scenario in hopes it helps explain the specifics of the issue better. very strange...

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