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I try to open AE but 2 things happen: 1. GPUSniffer.exe brings up an error. 2. When renaming GPUSniffer.exe so it bypasses it, the startup screen gets stuck on "initializing MediaCore"

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May 7, 2026
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I try to open AE but 2 things happen:

1. GPUSniffer.exe brings up an error.

2. When renaming GPUSniffer.exe so it bypasses it, the startup screen gets stuck on "initializing MediaCore"

Here is a screenshot of what my Task Manager shows:

PC Specs:

CPU: AMD 7950X3D
GPU: AMD RX 9070 XT

I have tried everything possible. I searched the forums and even used Claude for troubleshooting but nothing works.

EXTRA INFO: If it makes any difference, this started while I had AE open and went away from the PC, and it entered sleep mode (not total sleep, just the screens and lights turning off)

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Correct answer Tardiv_

Hello,

THANK YOU! I also downgraded to 32.0.23027.2005 and now AE is starting

Nishu Kushwaha

Community Manager

Moving this thread from Bugs to Questions.

Thanks,

Nishu

Nishu Kushwaha

Community Manager

Hi all,

I reached out to the product team to get this issue investigated. They suggested that the issue is limited to the following combination of drivers:

32.0.31007.1017 (AMD 90 series)
32.0.21043.7012 (AMD integrated)

In this case, checking for the GPU driver update and installing it should help. If there’s no update available, try downgrading your GPU driver.

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks,

Nishu

Gaspard!@#ASD

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Hi,

Thank you!

That worked for me in After Effects. But Premiere Pro still runs slow.

I downgraded my driver to version 32.0.23027.2005.

Nishu Kushwaha

Community Manager

That’s great! Thanks for confirming. Let me know if there are any other questions.

For the Premiere Pro issue, please create a post here.

Thanks,

Nishu

Annis_Ryun

Participant

Exact same problem here. Nothing will work and also have RX 9070 XT as GPU.

Gaspard!@#ASD

Participant

I need help !

I’m experiencing the same issues and have already tried everything I could think of: updating my drivers, reinstalling After Effects and Premiere twice, renaming and deleting GPUSniffer.exe, updating Windows, and removing all my plugins.

The strange thing is that both After Effects and Premiere were working perfectly fine before suddenly crashing. Since then, I haven’t been able to fix the problem. I can no longer open After Effects at all, and while Premiere does launch, it crashes after about two or three minutes.

If this helps the developers identify the issue, the crash started while I was using Dynamic Link between After Effects and Premiere for sound design work.

My computer specs are:

RAM: 32 GB CL30 6000 MHz
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Graphics Card: AMD RX 9070 XT Quicksilver
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Extra info : I forgot to mention I am using the latest versions of both After Effects (26.2.1) and Premiere Pro(26.2.2).

luhshmuky

Participant

Same issue here,
I have a RX 9060 XT, and we all experiencing this bug at the same time so I guess its some problem with the new Drivers. I have been trying things for the last 6 hours but nothing works.

We just have to wait and hope someone is going to fix this soon.

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