Computer Freezes when Initializing Media Core

So as the title says. What I've done so far to try and fix the problem is take out all plugins, uninstall and re install, and even slap quick time a bunch of times.
Nothing seems to work and the only thing I can do is remove the AsioWdm so that the mediacore fails to initialize and while I can still make and edit projects, I lost the aility to make movies because of it. I didn't use to have to do this and all my other adobe programs work just fine. After Effects is also fully updated.
My specs are:
Windows 7 64 bit
8G RAM
Nvidia GTX 480
Dual Core Extreme

Ah-ha~ I fixed it somehow. What I did was reinstall my graphics drivers, uninstalled after effects and checked the "remove prefferences option", and then re-installed the program.
Stuff I noticed:
After the re-install, the program told me I needed to reinstall "ImporterFastMPEG" "ImporterXDCAMEX" and "ImporterXDCAMHD". So I deleted those files and re-ran After Effects and it re-installed them.
Before and After:
I looked over the folder and compared it to before the re-install and it turned out my extensions folder was completely missing as well.
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