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After effects stuck at "initializing required components"

Explorer ,
Mar 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020

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After effects is stuck at "initializing required components" part.

I have uninstal with creative cloud and creative cloud cleaner tool.

re install and the same happens, stuck at "initializing required components" 

I have deleted the plug ins and didn´t work

I have worked with after affects a few hours ago and sudently does not start.

PC Specs: Intel Core i5 7600K, ATI Radeon RX 580, 16gb ram

Thank you

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Adobe Employee , Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020

Hi there,

 

Welcome to the community and sorry for your issue.

I agree with Mylenium, by default Media Cache is stored at the following location:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common

 

In addition to that, try resetting the preferences manually. Follow the steps:

  1. Go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects
  2. Rename 17.0 as 17.0old
  3. Go to C:\Users\username\Documents\Adobe
  4. Rename After Effects as After Effectsold
  5. Now launch After Effects.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Thanks,

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New Here , Jul 04, 2021 Jul 04, 2021

been stuck on this error install font frenzy app and defrenzy all the fonts installed and it worked seems it was an error of fonts

 

 

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LEGEND ,
Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020

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Have you actualyl trashed the prefs? Manually flushed the cache directories? If not, please do so. Also clear out your font caches and your CC App Libraries/ Sync folders. Damaged components and files in these folders have been known to cause odd effects. also of course check your system event viewer's logs. If something gets blocked or a critical system component fails to load you should see some indication of that there.

 

Mylenium

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Explorer ,
Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020

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It worked 🙂
I don't know for sure what it was but I did what you recommended and it worked.
Thank you so much for the time spent helping me 🙂
Have a nice day and thanks again.

H.

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New Here ,
Mar 16, 2022 Mar 16, 2022

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Good day,

apologies for attcahing to such an old post, but I am hitting a dead end. I am SO not the computer guy, so I don't know exactly where to find the "prefs" to trash them or the font library to clear out caches CC App Libraries/Sync folders. Any help would be appreciated. My system set up:

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with RADEON Graphics 3.80GHZ

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020

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Hi there,

 

Welcome to the community and sorry for your issue.

I agree with Mylenium, by default Media Cache is stored at the following location:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common

 

In addition to that, try resetting the preferences manually. Follow the steps:

  1. Go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects
  2. Rename 17.0 as 17.0old
  3. Go to C:\Users\username\Documents\Adobe
  4. Rename After Effects as After Effectsold
  5. Now launch After Effects.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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Explorer ,
Mar 25, 2020 Mar 25, 2020

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It worked 🙂

I don't know for sure what it was but I did what you recommended and it worked.
Thank you so much for the time spent helping me 

Have a nice day and thanks again.

H.

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 26, 2020 Mar 26, 2020

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Glad to know that you fixed it. Feel free to reach out if there are any other questions.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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New Here ,
May 26, 2020 May 26, 2020

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Hello.. I got the same problem and I tried the solutions you mentioned but it didn't work 😞

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New Here ,
Apr 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021

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Hi The fix worked a couple of weeks ago when the Problem showed up the first  time for me. Now the Problem is back on After Effects 18.1 and the fix does not work any more, any other ideas?

 

Lenovo Legion Laptop: I7 10th Generation Octa core, Nvidia 2070 / 8GB, 32GB RAM

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Enthusiast ,
Mar 29, 2022 Mar 29, 2022

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 I searched for the folder name "appdata" on mac, since your path is clearly for PC. and couldnt find it.

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New Here ,
Nov 25, 2022 Nov 25, 2022

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Problem: I get the same "Initializing Required Components" When I open the app. It gets stuck. I tried your method of renaming as "Old" But didn't work. Then I installed After effects again, But getting the same problem as earlier. 

 

Please reply! 

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Enthusiast ,
Nov 25, 2022 Nov 25, 2022

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You have to delete your plugins from the old folder

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Enthusiast ,
Nov 25, 2022 Nov 25, 2022

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And new folder. It's the plug-ins that are stopping you from getting in 

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New Here ,
Jun 11, 2020 Jun 11, 2020

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I am experiencing same issue right now,

did all you suggested but it just did not work

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 12, 2020 Jun 12, 2020

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Hi megaCHRIS,

 

What happens when you try to launch After Effects? Is it stuck at the same loading module as in the screenshot above?

Let us know.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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New Here ,
Jun 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020

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Hi Nishu

I'm experiencing the same issue - it's just not getting past 'initializing required components'.

I've restarted my PC several times, followed all the steps above and managed to manually clear all the caches, but it's still not playing ball. I've even tried uninstalling and reinstalling.

I've experienced this issue once before - it went away after a day, but that's not reliable when I have deadlines to meet!

Hope you can help.

Matthew

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 24, 2020 Jun 24, 2020

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Hi Matthew,

 

Please try the suggestions mentioned in the following article: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/faq-how-to-fix-common-after-effects-crashes/td-p/106841...

Let us know if it helps.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 29, 2020 Nov 29, 2020

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same issue here  nothing worked

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New Here ,
Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

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I have same problem and I did everything you said but it didn't work.

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 03, 2021 Mar 03, 2021

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Hi Ashraf,

 

Try changing the permissions. Here's how: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/x-productkb/multi/preferences-folder-read-only-error.html

If it doesn't work, create a new admin account on your computer and test After Effects in it.

Let us know if it helps.

 

Thanks,

Nishu

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New Here ,
Mar 30, 2021 Mar 30, 2021

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Same issue, tried everything on these forums. Uninstalled everything, deleted everything manually, reinstalled everything. Same issue always. Stop this system of innecesary updates please. Stop releasing everything in beta version. Please test the products before the release. Every new update is a nightmare. 

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New Here ,
Jun 27, 2021 Jun 27, 2021

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اواجه نفس المشكلة كيف احلها الرجاء  الرد

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Jul 04, 2021 Jul 04, 2021

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been stuck on this error install font frenzy app and defrenzy all the fonts installed and it worked seems it was an error of fonts

 

 

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New Here ,
Nov 07, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

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thankssssssss a lotttt  iwas watching 100 videos on YouTube to solve this problem and nobody knows how to solve it 

but this app helped me to open After Effect thanks again Eddy 

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New Here ,
Nov 07, 2023 Nov 07, 2023

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  font frenzy  قم  بتنزيل تطبيق اسمه  

 وسوف يعمل تطبيق معك ان شاء الله  

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