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After Effects Window>Extension tab greyed out

New Here ,
Dec 17, 2024 Dec 17, 2024

Hello, 
Iam trying to use an extension for After Effects I have installed properly (used aescripts for it).
However, When i Launch Affter Effects and i go to Windows and go for Extensions, it is greyed out and not clickable. 
I tried to restart in debug mode, empty cache, check the versions, nothing seems to work, and I didn't find an exact answer on internet. 
Thanks a lot ! 

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Community Beginner , Aug 26, 2025 Aug 26, 2025

Hi, yeah I did eventually find the solution. In my case I installed after effects in another drive due to space issues. And I moved all my extensions and plugins to that drive also.

It turns out that the extesnsions work only from the C drive. So by placing all my extensions back to my C drive, I got em back! 

I'm not sure If you've made the same mistake.

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Advocate ,
Dec 17, 2024 Dec 17, 2024

Is the extension compatible with your version of After Effects?

 

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New Here ,
Dec 17, 2024 Dec 17, 2024

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Here it says 2025, but I guess the version is 1.0 ? And my after effects version is 25.1 
Or it's the extension version 

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 01, 2025 Mar 01, 2025

Did you find any solution? My extensions tab also greyed out today.

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New Here ,
Mar 09, 2025 Mar 09, 2025

Have you found a solution yet, I just upgraded to version 2025 and can't use the extension

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 10, 2025 Mar 10, 2025

Hi, yeah I did eventually find the solution. In my case I installed after effects in another drive due to space issues. And I moved all my extensions and plugins to that drive also.

It turns out that the extesnsions work only from the C drive. So by placing all my extensions back to my C drive, I got em back! 

I'm not sure If you've made the same mistake.

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New Here ,
Dec 20, 2025 Dec 20, 2025
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Yes I did the same. due to space issue i installed me after effect to d drive but the extension work on c drive only. so how can i move my extension to c drive or I have to delete entire after effct and reinstall it on my c drive, Is there a way to just move my extension to c drive

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New Here ,
Mar 10, 2025 Mar 10, 2025

A potential reason maybe that plugin and stock are not yet supported for the ARM proccessor (amd chipset)

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New Here ,
Sep 05, 2025 Sep 05, 2025

how do i fix it then?

 

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New Here ,
Aug 26, 2025 Aug 26, 2025

did you find a solution for that?

 

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 26, 2025 Aug 26, 2025

Hi vadym_4523,

 

Not all the extensions end up in the Extensions menu. Some create their own menu option under the Window menu. Which extension did you install that's not working?


Thanks,
Nishu

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 26, 2025 Aug 26, 2025

Hi, yeah I did eventually find the solution. In my case I installed after effects in another drive due to space issues. And I moved all my extensions and plugins to that drive also.

It turns out that the extesnsions work only from the C drive. So by placing all my extensions back to my C drive, I got em back! 

I'm not sure If you've made the same mistake.

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