Media Encoder Perpetual "Connecting to dynamic link server"

Usually when i render my AE projects in Media encoder it works fine but since yesterday everytime i drag the composition into it, it just keeps "connecting to dynamic link server". Tried restarting pc, reinstalling Ae and Media Encoder. Wondering if anyone else has had an issue and knows a solution.

Here are my pc specs if necessary

CPU: Intel i7

Memory: 2x8Gb

Gpu: Radeon Rx480 4gb