Media Encoder wont render anything, says its uninstalled but its not.

All of the sudden when i go to render with media encoder it says "After Effects: AEGP Plugin AEDynamicLinkServer: Adobe Media Encoder is not installed. Please download and install it to use this feature. Go to https://creative.adobe.com/apps." when i close that window another pops up and says "After Effects:" AEGP Plugin AEDynamicLinkServer: Failed to connect to Adobe Media Encoder." ive tried several youtube videos with no progress, ive uninstalled and reinstalled media encoder and after effects with no progress. getting desperate at this point and im not going to be spending 30 bucks a month for something i cant even use. everything is up to date, im running Windows 10 & this has been happening for more than a week now.