Re: *HELP* AE "Invoking" Errors (Not OpenGL)

hello

I am having a very similar problem, I had a comp in a huge project file that has 3d flag in it, it was running fine. then one day, in the same huge project file I began experimenting with flag on a huge layer. I got the same crash message:

after effects error: crash occurred while invoking effect plug-in "3d flag"

I have now, if I open that same project, I get the same crash. If I remove the plug-in from my plug-in folder, I can get the scene to start with the message:
"This project contains 2 references to missing effects... ("3d Flag")"

If I do a fresh install of the flag plug-in i get the same crash again.

Here is where my problem gets harder. The project is actually about 100 comps deep. I have been working on it for a long long time and is the most complex production I have ever made. I can only actually remember where 1 instance of the flag plug-in being used.

So my question is, is there a way to search for usages of a plug-in thru a whole project?

Is there any other way to purge the corrupted instances of a plug-in? I really liked my settings and would hate to have to redo them.