After Effects taking long time to open....

Thanks, Nishu. I updated to the latest NVIDIA driver and seems to be working now. 

Hi Michaelp,

Thanks for reaching out.

Would you mind sharing the following details:

• What are your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS)?
• What's the exact version of After Effects and Media Encoder: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/faq-how-to-find-the-exact-version-of-after-effects-you-re-using/td-p/9972137 
• Have you made some changes to your computer recently?

You could try resetting the preferences of After Effects: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-after-effects/td-p/10634342

Let us know if it helps.

Thanks,

Nishu