Spinning wheel for Illustrator, any ideas?

I turned on my computer today and opened up illustrator and all I get is the spinning wheel on opening. Acrobat distiller also does the same as soon as it opens any pdf. Other applications are ok like InDesign, what could this be? Have tried updating latest OS software and also uninstalled and reinstalled apps...

Which version?
Which system?
What did you do since it last worked?
Is a printer connected?
When does the spinning wheel start? Exactly what does the startup screen read Illustrator is doing?
Have you checked your fonts?
Any third party plugins installed?
Do you have a graphic tablet? Whcih one?
Font management? Which one?
Any special input devices?

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