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AU update and legacy Particular

polieman
Explorer ,
Jun 11, 2025 Jun 11, 2025

After Effects just auto updated to 25.3 last night and I had all my settings migrate over. However now Particular isn't showing up in the Trapcode menu with the rest of the suite's plugins. All the Trapcode plugins including Particular are where they should be in the correct plugins folder but even thought the rest of the Trapcode plugins are showing in After Effects, Particular is somehow missing.

 

For context I am using a Legacy installer that I purchased in 2017. It has worked for me all these years with updated versions of After Effects and I never moved to the Red Giant subscription plan.

 

Has this happened to anyone else?

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lizenz 01a19815092
New Here , Jun 23, 2025 Jun 23, 2025

I found a way, but it's quite hacky. This one works on Windows:

• Close After Effects
• Find the file "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\FLT.dll"
• Make a backup copy!
• Open "FLT.dll" in a Hex-Editor (I used HxD, you might need administrator privileges)
• Search for "Particular", change to "_articular" (do not insert/delete any characters!)
• Save the file

We might have to redo this after each update or until somebody decides to encrypt the file 😕

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Joy Raisinghani Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee , Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025

Hello @polieman 

Thank you for reporting the issue, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you're experiencing.

Maxon Trapcode Particular version 4.x was known to be highly unstable on Windows, leading to frequent crashes and a poor user experience. These issues have since been addressed in the latest versions of the plugin. To ensure better overall stability, Maxon and Adobe made the decision to block the unstable 4.x version of Trapcode Particular in After Effects 25.3. 

Thank you fo

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MickSyl
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Sep 04, 2025 Sep 04, 2025
In Response To Min_Kim

So it seems that the latest AE update (25.4) has screwed up Particular again. You can still apply the fix suggested by lizenze above and that does re-list Particular in the effects panel. However, when you try to apply it, the effect layer shows Particular as missing, and you get gobbledygook in the effects settings. I have just reverted to back to AE version 25.3.2 and it works OK. It looks like Adobe have found a different way of disabling it in V25.4.

SHAME ON YOU ADOBE!

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Todd_Morgan
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Sep 05, 2025 Sep 05, 2025
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The hack works for 25.4...

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