[solved] Can someone help with Adobe After Effects?

[Frank21]

I DL this which I assumed was a cracked or activated version of Adobe After Effects. Blocked the .exe in the firewall and ran it.... no go.

There are no instructions but maybe I should be replacing some files. In the download there's a folder Adobe-GenP, and another called Source and inside that there's some files. Does anyone know what I should do with them? The Release folder is empty.
OR, if anyone has a working cracked version (full or portable) I'll send you lots of points. The version I had could export .mp4 from Render Queue without using Media Encoder. I think it was an older version. For some reason it stopped working.

[yngvarr]

I don't use Adobe After Effects myself, but try this version from a Russian torrent tracker.
Mega: Adobe After Effects 2025 25.1.0.68

[giang]

very simple! Please run this Adobe GenP file. 100% ok
https://mega.nz/file/Nz01hT5K#ad2d00cmaToXYb_obvzR4rf7zdWKLSeaiTdJOcNx43A

[giang]

i am using version 2024,
if not. Please state clearly the reason.

[Geekaveli]

The .au3 file is a script file. You should be able to right click it and select open with notepad to read the contents and see what it does, without having to run it.

From what google says, if you install this programme

AutoIt Scripting Language

You should be able to double click it to get it to run. Yngvarr has already provided an alternative. If you run out of options, drop me a message and I'll see what I can do.

You mentioned blocking an .exe file in your firewall. You may find this code useful in the future. If you open PowerShell with administrator privileges and paste the code below, replacing the word directory with the directory of a folder such as "C:\Program Files\Adobe", it will block all incoming and outgoing connections to any .exe files in that folder and any subdirectory's. It saves a lot of time creating rules, and this way you wont miss any. PowerShell will let you know if its been successful.

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "directory" *.exe |
Select-Object Name,FullName |
ForEach-Object `
{New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block;
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}

[Frank21]

Thanks guys.

@giang I think what's happening is that Windows Defender is quarantining the running of the Adobe GenP file, maybe others. Any suggestions?

[Geekaveli]

On your Windows device, open Windows Security. Select Virus & threat protection and then, under Current threats, select Protection history. If you have a list of items, you can filter on Quarantined Items. Select an item you want to keep, select allow changes to device, and then choose an action, such as Restore.

[Frank21]

@yngvarr - I got that version working thank you so much
and I also got it working thanks to the Win Security advise form @geekaveli
I think a recent Win security update killed my old portable version.
Sent some appreciation points to Geekaveil, sorry giang you're already rich 🙂 .

You guys are terrific, I use AE all the time, I'm so happy now.

[Amber]

I've always used a hosts file fix along with outbound rules to great success.
I was about to offer my own custom Adobe mega-fix, but I just found a more up-to-date one here:

The ULTIMATE Host File FIX for Adobe Photoshop (2023 ~ 2024)
byu/badara17 inAdobeZii

The article says "photoshop" but it in fact covers all Adobe urls. This version has every legacy url I've gathered/discovered, and many more to-date. Mine still works fine for all products in all Creative Suite versions, and the few Creative Cloud abominations I've used as well. (not a CC fan btw)
This one should work fine too for Ae-CC. It can't hurt to try it out!

[Frank21]

Thanks Amber. I've bookmarked that.

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