Media Encoder can't open project

Hi,

Hopefully someone can help as I haven't had any luck with exiting threads.

I am running AE and AME 2020 on Win10. When I try senda comp to AME it tha app opens but nothing queues, and yes I have the Queue window open.

If I try use the Add Source button and chose the project file manually it gives an error: "The project could not be opened". It works fine with other projects so something about this file is perhaps corrupted?

I have uninstalled and re installed my app, removed prefs, cleared cach and still nothing. Have tried importing the project into a new project, saving as a new file and still nothing.

Any suggestions please??