After Effects not recognizing Media Encoder. Same version (22). Worked once when I reinstalled ME

After Effects not recognizing Media Encoder. Same version (22). Worked once when I reinstalled Media encoder. Now its not working again! Immensely frustrating because these are the latest versions of the programs. Im just trying to export to media encoder.. Both are completely up to date. I have no idea whats wrong. So far I uninstalled ME and re installed. It worked for one render then stopped working after. Hoping to find some answers