I checked the applications/adobe after effects/plugins folder and saw only the stock plugins (effects, extensions, format, keyframe). I also reset the prefs and it still crashed.
Once in a while when I start AE, it will open and allow for ‘one last save’ before it has to quit. I don’t have the error copied right now, but it had to do with some chinchillada directory. Maybe this is a clue to the problem.
Thanks for the reply,
Jordan