Adobe Media Encoder project status stuck on ready - won't encode

I've tried about a million things. Re-installation of Encoder, Premiere and Quicktime, clearing and relocating media cache, changing file export type... Nothing. When I click the green start button, nothing happens. Nothing starts to encode. My files are just stuck on ready. Help plz.
Oh... and I've got a deadline on Feb 1st to top it all off! Please help!

Could you check a folder or file called "Presets" under a user Documents > Adobe > Adobe Media Encoder > 8.0? If this is somehow corrupted, please try deleting this and relaunch AME.

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