Game fails to launch poe 1 and 2

I have about a 10% chance for the game to launch. running amd ryzen 9 with radeon graphics card. If the game boots, it plays just fine and has no issues, getting the game to boot is an issue. Started happening on poe1 about 1.5 years ago but as i was slowly playing less and less of the game it didnt bother me too me too much to launch the game 10 times in a row in hopes one would work.

Now that poe2 is out and i am trying to play that, its kinda bothersome having to launch it that much. Today ive tried about 20 times with a few reboots and still wont launch. any ideas?