Cannot render to Media Encoder from AE

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Both AE and ME are freshly installed. Up-to-date versions. I cannot send render from AE into Media Encoder. I can Export>Add to ME render queue, and it will open ME/bring it to the front of apps, but nothing will show. I can't drag/drop or open the composition from files, because I get a dynamic link error. I *can* work around by rendering in AE then opening and re-rendering in ME, but I should've have to do that and take twice as much time up. I can send to AE render queue, THEN use queue in AME button, but if I do that, I cannot adjust any settings in ME and regardless, render will fail every time.

Using iMac 27, up-to-date on all updates. No other programs running. Can we please get Adobe updates without something catastrophic happening to necessary features each and every time?