After Effects CS5 Deadline 4.1 issue

I’m not sure if an an update from adobe has broken this but i’m getting this error when i try to render on my clients with the latest updates from adobe.

Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): aerender ERROR: After Effects can not render for aerender. Another instance of aerender, or another script, may be running; or, AE may be waiting for response from a modal dialog, or for a render to complete. Try running aerender without the -reuse flag to invoke a separate instance of After Effects
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Slave Log
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0: INFO: About: After Effects Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 18-20
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Render Executable: “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS5\Support Files\aerender.exe”
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Render Argument: -project “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.PICASSOPICTURES\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\jobsData\SHOT_91I_SHASH_SHAKES_WITH_RAGE.aep” -comp “SHASH MATTE 2” -s 18 -e 20 -output “T:\DAMES 3D- MUSO SOUP\1SOURCE OF TRUTH\FINAL PNG SEQUENCES NOV 2010\SHOT 91I- FIX- SHASH SHAKES WITH RAGE\SHASH SHKAES WITH RAGE_[#####].png” -mem_usage 100 100 -mp
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS5\Support Files”
0: INFO: Process Priority: BelowNormal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: aerender version 10.0.1x19
0: STDOUT: The specified program requires a newer version of Windows.
0: STDOUT: aerender ERROR: After Effects can not render for aerender. Another instance of aerender, or another script, may be running; or, AE may be waiting for response from a modal dialog, or for a render to complete. Try running aerender without the -reuse flag to invoke a separate instance of After Effects
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): aerender ERROR: After Effects can not render for aerender. Another instance of aerender, or another script, may be running; or, AE may be waiting for response from a modal dialog, or for a render to complete. Try running aerender without the -reuse flag to invoke a separate instance of After Effects

at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Error Type
RenderPluginException

Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

This line in the log appears to be the root of the problem:

Which version of Windows are you rendering on? Is it supported by CS5?
adobe.com/products/aftereffects/systemreqs/

Cheers,

  • Ryan