After effects stuck at "initializing required components"

[avid_mindset15C3]

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

[Mylenium]

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

[avid_mindset15C3]

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.

[Louis23621724lc9i]

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

[nishu_kush · Accepted solution]

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

[avid_mindset15C3]

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.

[nishu_kush]

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

Thanks,

Nishu

[Mo2men]

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

[Niklas5FB0]

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

[rachelcenter]

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

[Ashish27299511q7vy]

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! 

[rachelcenter]

You have to delete your plugins from the old folder

[rachelcenter]

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

[megaCHRIS]

I am experiencing same issue right now,

did all you suggested but it just did not work

[nishu_kush]

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

[matthewH&H]

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

[nishu_kush]

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

[fahd0D4C]

same issue here  nothing worked

[Ashraf Sharaf]

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

[nishu_kush]

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

[Proyecto5CF8]

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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[Eddy5E53 · Accepted solution]

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

[tareq23044987lxoy]

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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