After Effects v 25.0.1 crashing on startup (initializing mediacore)

[Patrick_Gunther3326]

I keep facing the problem, that After Effects as well as Premiere are crashing on startup. This is only happening on the newest version of 25.x, when I install an old version like 23.x, this problem wont occure.
I've tried following potential solutions I've found in the www, unfortunately without success:

- updating nvidia drivers

- removing plug-ins from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore

- resetting/removing preferences

- uninstalling and reinstalling

That's my rig:

- Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

- GTX 1080 Ti

- 32GB RAM

- Windows 10 Version 22H2

Anyone got any recomondations how to solve this problem?
Appreciate your help!

[Patrick_Gunther3326]

Update on the After Effects problem:
I've used the wrong path. Renaming the "Common" folder in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\(Media Core PlugIns) helped!

Premiere is still not starting up tho...

[Patrick_Gunther3326]

I've been able to specify the cause. After renaming the "Common" folder it wasnt possible for me to export or import files - because AE couldnt find the plug-ins for that. So I deleted one .prm file after another till AE startet working again. Turns out, its a Windows problem, fantastic! "ExporterAVI.prm" is the problem, Ive deleted it and now everthing is working fine.