Weird illustrator problem

[petepaz]

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This is a new one never saw this before<o></o>
Running cs (it’s one of the older computers and haven’t updated it yet it’s next on the list especially since the last couple of updates you can only get 2 down loads per disk)<o></o>
Anyway when ever I open a file I can not move the artwork<o></o>
It will let me click/select the item by no movement allowed<o></o>
Nothing is showing up locked and when I try to move using the arrow keys I get a message <o></o>
Can not perform this action and it crashes <o></o>
Everything else on the computer seems to be working ok<o></o>
I guess I will try to re-install and see what happens <o></o>
But if anyone has had this or a similar problem and can shed some light <o></o>
It would really be appreciated <o></o>

 

[HaroldDesign]

I would start with emptying your caches. I've had some odd problems once in a while, and a lot of times this did the trick.

 

[beermonster]

had this too

trash the prefs and reboot - no need for fresh install - thats a route taken too soon/easily

if the file is a legacy file you may need to use the expand feature, and expand strokes and fills