After Effects stuck on "Initializing required components"

[jcowie33]

-On a macbook pro

-Tried all the workarounds, cleared cache, deleted all plugins.

This JUNK program still will not open. I have tried to reinstall every possible version, SAME PROBLEM.

Fix this now Adobe, you are ruining peoples work.

[RobShultz]

Please give us system specs. Has After Effects run on this machine before?

[jcowie33]

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 GB

Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

I have been running AE on this machine for years.

[Fred_otj]

Hello bonjour, please I have the same problem with AE 2022, on a IMac 27 retina 5K (end 2015)

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7. Merci

[nishu_kush]

Hi jcowie33 & Fred_otj,

Sorry for your crash.

Do you launch After Effects by double-clicking a project file or by clicking its icon? Do you get any crash report?

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

Let us know if any of the steps help.

Thanks,

Nishu

[jonberrydesign]

Same problem here. Been this way for weeks. It will work for a couple weeks and then the same problem again and won't go past "Initializing Required Components" splash screen. Same for 2022 and 2021 versions.

[jonberrydesign]

might have found a fix. (Too soon to tell, but I did get AE to open up again, at least) - be sure to turn off Adobe fonts/make sure you do not have any Adobe fonts active. These may be creating font conflicts with fonts elsewhere on your computer (perhaps?!) - will update later if this fix holds for a while or was only temporary.

[jcowie33]

Let me know how that rolls!

I wound up having to trash my old user profile on the mac and start over 😉