After Effects lights not working

I am working in After Effects CC. I added a light to my scene and it just turns all of my 3d layers black. I am a very seasoned AE user. I have worked with lights before. I don't know what is going on here. It's not a draft mode issue. And my lights are not behind my layers or anything like that. I have found other people in the online forums with this problem from over the years but never a solution. Ambient light is the only light that works. Spot, pin, and parallel turn everything black. Thoughts?

Once the problem presented itself I started fresh with a new project and very simple comp and still had the same problem.
So my settings are pretty straightforward.
I am using After Effects CC (not the 2014 version)
I have one 3d solid that I pushed back in z-space. It is set to receive lights.
I am using Classic 3d.
I created a new spot light.
The settings are as follows:
Intensity: 100%
Color: white
cone angle 90
cone feather 0
falloff smooth
radius 75
Falloff distance 24
Casts Shadows on
Shadow Darkness 20%
Shadow Diffusion 0
If I turn my light off you see my solid. If I turn it on you see only blackness.
If I add a 2d layer you can see it. Once I make it 3d, it turns black.
Thanks for any advice you have. I'm guessing I probably need to do a clean install or something because this is crazy. It's not like I've never used lights before. They just up and stopped working.

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