Moving 3rd party plugins from Mac to windows?

[ElkeD]

Hi,

I'm switching my work station from mac to a windows system.

I've copied my plugins from mac to (Windows) Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects\Support Files\Plug-ins

but I don't see them in Adobe After Effects, even when I restart the system.

So I've searched a bit on the internet and they say there are 'mac only' plugins. How can I see if they are 'mac only' or not?

Is it even possible to move my 3rd party plugins from mac to windows?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Elke

[davidarbor · Accepted solution]

You can't move plug-ins from Mac to Windows, only scripts. Plug-ins are compiled for the operating system they're going to be run on and aren't universal (Macs have a .plugin extension and Windows ones have a .aex extension). How did you install these plug-ins in the first place? Sometimes you'll have a Mac and Windows installer available to you when you purchase a plug-in, other times you'll be able to go back to the account/download page you purchased the plug-ins for and download a Windows installer.