I’m also having this problem with AE CS5 from the production suite. when I start AE it wants to install effects, then it wants to restart so the effects are available but on restart it tries to reinstall the plug-ins again.
Windows 7
i5 650
4gb ram
radeon X1900
This isn’t really the PC I use to work with AE but I like to be able to open AE and make changes should I need to.
No 3rd party plugins have been installed as far as I know.
Is the only fix for this to reinstall AE?