After Effects CC hangs on launch indefinitely

Never used, newly installed After Effects CC hangs on lauch indefinitely with no error messages every time I launch it. I have to force a shutdown each time. Anyone out there know what the problem is? Thanks if anyone can help!
My specs:
After Effects CC 12.2.1
Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit
GPU: GeForce GTX 670 w/ driver 334.89
CPU: Intel Core i7 - 3770K @ 3.50GHz
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Things I've tried:
Reinstalled AE about 4 times, (tried both with and without the 12.2.1 patch)
I've updated my video card driver, and also tried using legacy versions
I've tried logging out of Creative Cloud before launch
Restarted my PC many times
I get the same result whether or not I have other applications running
Things I've noticed:
GPUsniffer.exe seems to be over active- Using a ton of CPU and I couldn't uninstall AE untill I manually shut it down from Processes in the Task Manager
The application itself- AE doesn't show up in the Task Manager under Applications
Event Viewer Log:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Hang
Date:          2/25/2014 10:49:08 AM
Event ID:      1002
Task Category: (101)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:
Description:
The program AfterFX.exe version 12.2.1.5 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: 146c
Start Time: 01cf325a26d92e69
Termination Time: 10
Application Path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC\Support Files\AfterFX.exe
Report Id: 7a9effd9-9e4d-11e3-9f41-bc5ff44b9369
Windows Error Reporting:
Fault bucket 15018264, type 22
Event Name: AppHangB1
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: AfterFX.exe
P2: 12.2.1.5
P3: 52e85d5e
P4: da62
P5: 0
P6:
P7:
P8:
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
C:\Users\Seth\AppData\Local\Temp\WERDB31.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Users\Seth\AppData\Local\Temp\WERDBA0.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
These files may be available here:
C:\Users\Seth\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_AfterFX.exe_3d5ca0 1ee4181ca43fca5d04609afb69513be6_0f46e61a
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 7a9effd9-9e4d-11e3-9f41-bc5ff44b9369
Report Status: 0

We had this problem for a while now, the Splash screen hang with the message 'Converting Scrap…' in the info panel.
Our old work around was deleting the preferences folder in "C:\Users\Adminsitrator\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects" and replacing it with a backup of this folder, removing the cache folder and doing a reboot.
Today that didn't work either - so I followed the instructions from the Error Log (Check Aplication Log in the Windows Events Viewer) and found a tool called 'Action Center' in the Control Panel.
Inside the tool click on 'Troubleshooting' > Programs > Program Compatibility Troubleshooter .. and follow the instructions.
It will run your application in some kind of safe / compatibility mode; and for us that did the trick!

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I'm running the latest version. Just installed yesterday.
You can download and install the latest version (and older versions) of versions 11, 12, and 13 from Adobe right now. That is why I was asking for the exact version number with decimals. Just the other day, someone said they were running the latest version and they weren't aware that CC was even a thing. They were running version 11.0.3 (which isn't even the latest version of CS6 - it's 11.0.4). That's why I always ask.
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I'm on a Mac so I don't have anti-malware, or other security software running.
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