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bailey_6691
Participant
February 12, 2026

After effects crashes on splash screen

  • February 12, 2026
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When opening after effects, it will get to the splash screen scanning fonts and then crash. It crashes on a different font every time. I am working on a mac studio - M2 Max, 32GB.

splash screen before crashing
crash notice

 

1 reply

nishu_kush
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 13, 2026

Sorry to hear about the crash. Can you try the steps suggested in the following article: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/x-productkb/multi/preferences-folder-read-only-error.html

Let me know how it goes.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

bailey_6691
Participant
February 15, 2026

Hi Nishu,

I have tried this and still the same issue. It seems to always crash when it says scanning for a font on the splash screen.

 

Cheers,

Bailey

nishu_kush
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 16, 2026

Thanks for giving it a try. Have you installed any new fonts recently? If yes, can you try removing them? Also, in the Font Book, validate and remove the faulty and duplicate fonts.

Let me know the outcome.

 

Thanks,

Nishu