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Adobe After Effects - Crashing when loading

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Started 6 months ago by xenomex
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xenomex

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Hi, as you can see below is a picture of Loading After Effects, but when reaching 4%, i get the message and it shuts down!
I tried Uninstalling and installing again, but no change! Please Help me, I need to start using after effects!

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CPJames19

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When it crash does Windows find a solution to the problem?

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The Geek

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What you could try doing is using the compatibility options... right-click on shortcut, choose properties and then the compatibility tab and use XP SP2 mode.

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xenomex

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@The Geek
I tried changing it to XP SP2, but it still gets an error message at 4%, i have also tried Windows 2000 Same error,
but when trying 98 and 95, it opened!, i could see the After Effects Workspace, but i get an error message:

And then when i press ok :

I guess i am just going to try my luck with After Effects 7.0 ,
but if you have any suggestions i would love to hear them!

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Smashpmk712

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I don't mean to be rude but is this a legal copy of after effects? If it is I would try the technical support for the program and see if it is a known error.

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jack7h3r1pp3r

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um... how much ram do you have in your computer? because this programm is a beast and have you used the program on this machine before and then something went wrong or what?

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xenomex

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@Jack,
I have 2 GB of RAM.

@Smashpmk712,
To be perfectly honest with you, i got the CD of my Friend, but i think it isn't legal, so i uninstalled it and bought " After Effects 7 " ,
And AE 7 is working Perfectly now! there isnt really much of a difference between 8 and 7 anyway!

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jack7h3r1pp3r

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ok so i guess that it would be a ram prob then ;)

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xenomex

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@Jack,
WHAT? are you saying 2 Gigabyte of RAM isn't enough to run AE 8?

And by the way, i got AE 8 of the official Adobe website as a trial!

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jack7h3r1pp3r

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o no i meant "wouldn't" sorry for the confusion. but that only lasts 30 days or so doesn't it? and i don't think you can use all of the tools

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xenomex

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@Jack,
a Trial is using a full program for a limited amount of time, and a Demo is using a program with some tools and aspects missing.
and every adobe Trial available for download has the full program with all the tools with it.
thanks for your help though.

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jack7h3r1pp3r

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i don't think that is true all of the time though. and i think that i remember using photoshop awhile back and using the trial was a little different that using the full version.

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xenomex

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@jack,
You said "awhile back..." things have changed now i predict,
but i don't totally disagree with you. Although i use photoshop for school, home and the company i work for, the only trials i have used are photoshop ones, which were perfectly similar to the full version!

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jack7h3r1pp3r

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i use adobe products every day! and they have to be some of the best software that you could ever spend your money on i bought the whole master collection cs3 it has every adobe product in it. well worth it ;)

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xenomex

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wow! how much did the set cost?

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jack7h3r1pp3r

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a lot more than what i wanted to spend but in the end it seems to pay off.