After Effects CC - Won't open due to OpenGL crash.

I can't for the life of me get After Effects to work. It crashes when I try to start it. Premiere Pro works, |'ve tried restarting and reinstalling to no avail. I've also tried running CS6 but that also crashes. There's no way to disable OpenGL in CS6-CC.
I'm desperate for some suggestions on how to make this work.
"After Effects error: After Effects crashed previously attempting to initialize OpenGL. Consult the manufacturer of your graphics card for a compatible OpenGL Driver"
Here's my system information:
OS Name
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
Version
6.3.9600 Build 9600
Other OS Description
Not Available
OS Manufacturer
Microsoft Corporation
System Name
System Manufacturer
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model
Z68XP-UD3P
System Type
x64-based PC
System SKU
Processor
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3392 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date
Award Software International, Inc. F2, 5/25/2011
SMBIOS Version
2.4
Embedded Controller Version
255.255
BIOS Mode
Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Model
Not Available
BaseBoard Name
Base Board
Platform Role
Desktop
Secure Boot State
Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration
Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory
C:\WINDOWS
System Directory
C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device
\Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale
United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer
Version = "6.3.9600.16384"
User Name
Time Zone
Pacific Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)
16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory
15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory
13.3 GB
Total Virtual Memory
18.8 GB
Available Virtual Memory
15.5 GB
Page File Space
2.88 GB
Graphics:
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
OK

Have you installed any CUDA drivers? If so, that may have caused the problem.
If not, have you updated your Radeon's drivers?
Has After Effects ever worked on this machine before?

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