Windows cannot find bg3.exe but it’s in the correct place

Basically what the title says. Was planning on modding Baldurs Gate so I did a complete fresh install. Deleted both the game folder in the steam directory and the Larian folder in appdata as well and reinstalled on steam. Clicked play through steam and it brings up the launcher, I sign in and click play, then nothing happens. Switch to the Vulkan option and the same thing happens. So I try running it from the actual exe in the bin folder with both. I get a popup which says “Windows cannot find ‘C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\bin\bg3.exe’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, then try again”. I am looking directly at both exes in the right place so I’m not understanding what is wrong. It worked and ran fine about a week ago when I played but now I’m stuck. Any and all help is appreciated, I am lost on what to do. Thank you