Clean install AE / ME - Render issues

[skilled_RocketB838]

Hi, i'm having real issues with AE and Media Encoder. Sending comps to ME takes at least 5min or just never appears. When they do I just get the dynamic link blue bar for ages, then it'll render or just fail. It's quicker to render everything out from AE as .movs then render those out as MP4s in ME. Crazy. 

Just out of curiosity I wanted to uninstall AE and ME and see if that's fixes any issues. I've tried the Creative Cloud Cleaner app and using Windows 10 uninstaller etc. Reset the PC, reinstall everything but when I boot AE back up, all my settings, plugins and previous opened files etc. are still there. 

How do I completely remove AE and any hidden files so I get a completely clean install AE? 

[Mylenium]

The preferences are stored in your normal user folder. You may just need to unhide all folders. The rest is not really clear since you have not offered any actual system information beyond a blanket "It's Windows 10." If sending stuff to AME really takes that long, then you may have other issues like running out of temp disk space or network ports being blocked just like there could of course be all manner of issues with leaky drivers silently crashing and such. Just deleting some prefs and caches may not solve your issues.

Mylenium

[chris100001]

I don't seem to be able to reply to this post

[chris100001]

I tried to reply with various solutions, all to do with legitamate software removal tools and processes, but the system is censoring me!! - wow!

[chris100001]

test:

TOTAL UNINSTALL - Solution: If you are on WINDOWS just use this:

https://www.revouninstaller.com/

Removes Adobe™ m̶a̶l̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ software completely. Worth the money.

[chris100001]

KEY to this post: s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ text = satire / sarcasm.

Please join with me in keeping this lighthearted, fun, opinion-based conversation lighthearted 🙂 ❤︎❤︎

TOTAL UNINSTALL - Solution: If you are on WINDOWS just use this:

https://www.revouninstaller.com/

Removes Adobe™ m̶a̶l̶w̶a̶r̶e̶ software completely. Worth the money.

Unfortuantely I have to use the Adobe™ v̶i̶r̶u̶s̶ software for work, so it remains on my machines.

I occasionally play with perfecting a windows batch file that to stop all the Adobe™ t̶r̶o̶j̶a̶n̶s̶ processes on my machine with one click.

It works. There are SO many creepy Adobe™ processes / services / exes running - scores of them! It's quite a job to escalate privileges on a batch and then find a way to stop them all but it can be done.

I need a "kill Adobe™" batch file because, sometimes I need my computers to do real work, like 3D rendering and I don't want my CPU and RAM to be bogged down with clownware.

I would post a guide on how to make such a batchfile, but something tells me I am on the wrong side of Adobe™ history and my ideas and my needs are not part of the greater Adobe™ plan and if I posted the useful batchfile they would flag me for sharing s̶e̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ perfectly harmless and useful information.

If you want to make a batchfile that stops all Adobe processes some good starter commands are:

#1 - you must ecalate the batch command to admin - google it - eg getadmin.vbs etc.. then do many:

taskkill /f /im "fooexecutable.exe" /t

taskkill /f /im "fullpath/fooexecutable.exe" /t

net stop fooservice

Use your task manager to find the EXEs - but it's not just exes - don't forget to got to the services panel, find the adobe / adobe related services and kill them too!

It's OK - you own your computer and you are allowed to stop a program/service running on it 🙂

[chris100001]

Ok don't know what was stopping me posting - done now - I've said my piece lol! 🙂

[Mylenium]

And you had to make a long, spam-y post, regardless? Geez, get a life!

Mylenium

[chris100001]

I'm sorry my post didn't hit the mark with you.

My post was imformative, and contained teste, working solutions to the OPs problem.

I'm not entirely sure your response was constructive or helps the OP solve their problem.