I can't open illustrator CS6

Sudenlly illustrator CS6 stop working. It opens up to toolbar show up and crashes.
"Adobe illustrator CS6 quit unsepectedly." popup window come up.
Indesgin and photoshop CS6 are fine. I've reinstalled the application but still having problem.

Press Command+Shift+G to open 'Go to Folder" Dialog
in this dialog type ~/Library and press Go
In the opened folder there is a folder named 'preferences' in this you will find 'Adobe Illustrator CS6 settings' folder
delete this folder and then launch your application

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This is due to the mismatch between the language in which AI CS6 is installed and the language of the OS. For eg. You couldn't run AI CS6 installed in Japanese on an English OS.
Just change the language under 'Preferences' using following link - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/change-installed-language.html and make it hsame as that of OS.Afterwards, install AI CS6 through Creative Cloud Desktop App and then launch AI. You would be able to do so then.
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http://daxxter.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/how-to-recover-a-corrupted-illustrator-ai-file/
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/500/cpsid_50031.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/500/cpsid_50032.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/troubleshoot-damaged-illustrator-files.html
You you can try/buy a ready made solution,
http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/buy_illustrator.html
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Teresa, biuzalel,
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http://oliverdowling.com.au/2014/03/28/java-se-8-on-mac-os-x/
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After using an ExtendScript (via ESTK) Illustrator becomes corrupted and "Can't open illustration."

Hey, thanks for reading.
I'm having a strange problem with Illustrator CS5 and ESTK CS5. I'm new to writing ExtendScripts, so I haven't a clue what could be going wrong here but here's the skinny:
I've written the following code, which is very specialized to the exact document I'm working with. Using the ExtendScript Toolkit, the script goes through the following loops:
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For some reason, running this script causes Illustrator to become somehow corrupted. I can continue working with the document as long as it is open, but if I try to close it and re-open it, I get the infuriatingly unhelpful error dialog "Can't open illustration." With no extra details.
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    el: "Bοήθεια",
    en: "help",
    es: "ayuda",
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        newObj.top = currObj.top;
        newObj.width = currObj.width;
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Does anyone know what could be happening?
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If there's any more information that would be of use to anyone I'd be happy to share. This is wasting a lot of my time and making me pull my hair out like crazy,

I have not had the time to look over your script but at a glance there are a few things I would handle differently…
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doSymbols();
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The AI files that I made with illustrator cs4(english ver.) is not open after I upgrade to Illustrator cc(english ver.) the file is totally broken.
( error message : can't open illustration )
So I uninstall CC and reinstall to CC(korean ver.) . Then all files are open.
what is the problem..... I used to work with english ver. so korean ver. is uneasy. ( translation is so weird !!!)
clearly!
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I want to work wit english version!
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iag,
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http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/troubleshoot-damaged-illustrator-files.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/opening-illustrator-file-get-error.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/enable-content-recovery-mode-illustrator.html
http://daxxter.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/how-to-recover-a-corrupted-illustrator-ai-file/
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Edit: almost an hour after midnight here so I have to attend to other duties. The very best of luck.

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