I'm really disappointed that I haven't received any help on this.
This is the crash log information I finally found
Faulting application name: Illustrator.exe, version: 18.0.0.18, time stamp: 0x53880380
Faulting module name: Illustrator.exe, version: 18.0.0.18, time stamp: 0x53880380
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000f46822
Faulting process id: 0x1974
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf903b7570f5ea
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2014\Support Files\Contents\Windows\Illustrator.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2014\Support Files\Contents\Windows\Illustrator.exe
Report Id: be96be75-fc2e-11e3-977d-c67fc201b46a