i cannot Launch After Effect 2025

I’m so frustrated that I had to work on an urgent task today, only to find out that I couldn’t open After Effects at all.

It seemed like I had options, but after installing and uninstalling it several times, I still couldn’t get it to work.

At first, I thought it might be because of C4D, but then I realized that wasn’t the issue. I’ve wasted 4-5 hours on this already.

Here are the four options I was presented with:

Start in Safe Mode
Reset Preferences
Manage Plugins
Continue
None of these options worked to get After Effects running.
I feel hopeless and have to accept that I will lose this job/task.