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Ae CC 2017 crashes when opening preferences

Community Beginner ,
Nov 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016

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2017 release 14.0.1

previous releases wer fine! After updating to this version making new file, saving and then going to preferences lets Ae crash.

After starting again and loading the file last saved, message CUDA not supported.

Not going to perferences and opening older projects: A soundfile file .m4a is not supported anymore.

How do I solve this problem?

additional info:

Graficcars: GTX980

And yes, Ae was ok before the update!

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LEGEND , Jan 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017

14.1 that came out yesterday is supposed to resolve this.: https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/after-effects-cc-january-2017-update-is-now-available/ so make sure you update your software.

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LEGEND ,
Nov 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016

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try resetting your preferences - you do this upon launch, no need to go into the preferences

Reset After Effects Preferences

if you can't then go to  \Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\[version]

and delete the preferences file

now launch Ae again

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016

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Are you sure, this is a solution? I normally don't "Try to...". And in this case I have serious doubts as the link gives a hint to a support from Oct. 2013.

Is this error known?

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LEGEND ,
Nov 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016

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I have seen this error in a couple of threads:

Re: Crash After Effect 2017 when clic preference

the link I sent you is solid. any advice that is given here should be taken with discretion we are only users trying to help based on our experience.

if you want guarantees you can try contacting costumer support but they too can't vouch for anything. the only guarantee right now for you is that if you don't do anything, your software won't work properly. 

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016

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Thanks for the effort.

After trying it for several times (intended to screenschot the error messages), it works again.

It didn't recognize cuda then, but after grafikcard update, that was ok too.

However, still the paths for the projects are scrambled somehow, but at least it seems I can work now.

(btw: ctrl alt shift did not work)

Now I have a problem with premiere... ARGH

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LEGEND ,
Nov 28, 2016 Nov 28, 2016

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I knew you could do it

still the paths for the projects are scrambled somehow,

how so? screenshot would be helpful

btw: ctrl alt shift did not work

on windows it requires a certain magic touch to work. deleting the preferences file does the same thing

Now I have a problem with premiere... ARGH

I have faith in you. you will figure it out

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New Here ,
Dec 09, 2016 Dec 09, 2016

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Hi. I had the same problem, but I manage to find something.

I use a pair of bluetooth headphones, which I connect using a bluetooth usb adaptor. I changed my audio hardware choice to the bluetooth headset, worked on my project, then closed it and starting using a speaker set, that I also use. I opened AE and tried to click on preferences, but it crashed everytime. Tried to del preferences, but this didn't work either. It crashed every time.

I then remembered about my bluetooth headsets. Turned them on and connected them to my pc by bluetooth. I opened AE and when I clicked on preferences it didn't crash. I changed my audio hardware to my speakers and restarted AE. Now, it works fine.

I believe that if you have left a wrong audio hardware setting, this prevents preferences from loading.

Hope this helps!

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New Here ,
Dec 10, 2016 Dec 10, 2016

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I havre a same problem and this is an exact same situation. It works.

I know editing with bluetooth headphones are not good idea normally but I think Adobe should solve this problem soon.

Thanks theologisv18220464!

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New Here ,
Jul 10, 2017 Jul 10, 2017

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This is 100% the solution to the problem for me! Was using bluetooth airpods.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 12, 2016 Dec 12, 2016

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@theologisv18220464

This is spot on. It's not just bluetooth headphones that cause it however. If the audio hardware that is specified in preferences is not available when you try to go into preferences, AE crashes. This is a major issue new to this version and needs to fixed immediately.

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New Here ,
Dec 30, 2016 Dec 30, 2016

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This is exactly correct. Not just Bluetooth audio either. I have my laptop hooked up to a Dock that has its own audio jack. Designating the dock's audio output does the same thing.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 24, 2017 Jan 24, 2017

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I disabled any other audio outputs for my pc. Still crashed. I disabled ALL audio outputs and wow, it WORKS NOW! Very strange problem but now I'm on the right track to finding a solution. Thanks for the tip!

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New Here ,
Dec 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017

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"I believe that if you have left a wrong audio hardware setting, this prevents preferences from loading."

I can confirm that this solution works.

I previously had an After Effects project where I used my headphones, but had since disconnected them and put them away. When I created a new project, AE kept on crashing every time I opened preferences. I plugged in my headphones, restarted AE and preferences worked! I changed my audio preferences back to my main speakers and everything works perfectly again!

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 11, 2016 Dec 11, 2016

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I don't have a AppData folder and also, the clt+alt+del doesnt work

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LEGEND ,
Dec 11, 2016 Dec 11, 2016

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the Preferences file is here:

  • (Windows) \Users\[user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\[version]
  • (Mac OS) /Users/[user_name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/[version]

more about this bug is here:

Known issues in After Effects CC 2017

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017

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No. It did not help. It's still crashing when accessing Preferences.

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LEGEND ,
Jan 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017

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14.1 that came out yesterday is supposed to resolve this.: https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/after-effects-cc-january-2017-update-is-now-available/ so make sure you update your software.

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Apr 05, 2018 Apr 05, 2018

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Nope, happens in OSX too

Screen Shot 2018-04-05 at 9.22.05 PM.png

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New Here ,
Jun 16, 2017 Jun 16, 2017

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Roei Tzoref​Thank you so much. It's really helpful.

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Nov 21, 2021 Nov 21, 2021

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This worked, thanks man!

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Jan 28, 2022 Jan 28, 2022

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Can confirm this still works, thank you thank you

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New Here ,
Dec 17, 2016 Dec 17, 2016

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Same thing happening to me, when audio jack is unplugged and go to preference. ae crashes, damn.. hope this problem will solve in next update

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New Here ,
Dec 19, 2016 Dec 19, 2016

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Delete all of the following files (Widows/Users/[user_name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/After Effects/[version]):

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs-indep-composition

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs-indep-general

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs-indep-output

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs-indep-render

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs-paint

Adobe After Effects xx Préfs-text

Adobe After Effects xx Win fr_FR Raccourcis

It's works for me

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Jan 06, 2017 Jan 06, 2017

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Benjo's solution of deleting multiple preferences files works for me, couldn't get it to work by just deleting the one pref file by itself.

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Explorer ,
Jan 14, 2017 Jan 14, 2017

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This made everything work. I recently updated my motherboard and was wondering why when I opened AE and tried to ram-preview something that had audio it wasn't playing. So when I went to the pref's it would crash.

Once I deleted all the pref files, it worked and I was able to access the pref's inside of AE with no crash.

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