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EditorEZY
Participant
February 10, 2026
Question

After Effects super unstable recently, after updating to 2026?

  • February 10, 2026
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I’m struggling to use After Effects after the new update, it seems super unstable compared to before. I have constant crashed and overall it’s insanely slow now. It will often crash and I am unable to launch the app back up again, even after killing every task related to AfterFX and Adobe, the only way to launch is to restart my PC…

I have reinstalled AE, reinstalled my GPU drivers (using DDU for clean install), cleared cache and everything I can think of…

There seems to be a very frequent error with my AE Cache not working correctly, as you can see in the log file… any ideas?

    1 reply

    nishu_kush
    nishu_kush
    Legend
    February 12, 2026

    Hi there,

     

    Really sorry to hear about the crash. Looks like there are a bunch of third-party plug-ins installed. For testing, can you try removing them temporarily and see if that helps? Here’s how:

    Go to the following location and remove (or move to a different location to keep a backup) all the files and folders except dummy.txt and try to launch After Effects.

    Windows - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore

    If it fixes the issue, check for the plug-in updates. Let me know how it goes.

     

    Thanks,

     

    VVJACOB
    VVJACOB
    Participant
    March 27, 2026

    Same issue with me. Windows 11 25 H2 - After effects 2026. Done the above plugin move and still not starting. Is there any common issue with 2026 After Effects ?

    Nishu Kushwaha
    Community Manager
    Nishu KushwahaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 27, 2026

    There are a few minor bugs in the current version, but nothing similar to what the ​@EditorEZY described. Do you mind sharing more details about your issue? Does After Effects crash at launch or crash while working? Are there any other issues? Any error messages or crash reports? What are your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM)?

    Looking forward to your response.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

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