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October 10, 2025

After effects crashes when pressing Alt tab

  • October 10, 2025
  • 2 replies
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I'm using a translator to write this because my English isn't good, so I apologize in advance.

The issue is that I've been struggling with this for two weeks now. My After Effects crashes when I press Alt+Tab. The crash happens like this: my mouse freezes, the screen goes black, and then the video card driver resets.

I've already tried updating my drivers. I installed the studio driver, tried other ones, older ones, stable versions—nothing helped.

I thought my graphics card might be faulty, so I borrowed a different one from a friend. The exact same thing happened.

I've even tried reinstalling Windows three times, but the crashes come back after 2-3 days. I've also tried different versions of After Effects and swapped out my plugins. Still, after 2-3 days, the crashes start again.

Honestly, I'm not sure if anyone here can help me, but I thought it was worth a shot.

I've been using AE for 2-3 years before this without any problems.

Thank you for time

2 replies

Participant
October 10, 2025

Another crash occurs when I take a screenshot of aftereffects

Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 10, 2025

Hi, 

I read your message. The crashing you mentioned is unusual, for sure. Can you try some of these troubleshooting steps? https://adobe.ly/48k6xPX. Let me know how it goes.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

 

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
Participant
October 10, 2025

I forgot to write the PC configuration:

Gtx 1660 super
16gb 3200
Ryzen 7 2700x