Vanilla game wont launch, launching via HHM says its a d3d11 issue

[sanek]

Hi all, got a major upgrade in my pc so im just going through my backlog. The game wont start from steam - i hit play, it says its launching, play button says stop, nothing happens, then stop button goes back to play, nothing ever launches.

i was installing the pop-in bc i know my pc can handle full pop-in graphic stuff but when i launch through HedgeHogManager, it says

"E:\Steamlibrary\steamapps\common\SonicFrontiers\d3d11.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc0000020."

i tried reinstalling sonic frontiers and launching with no mods - nothing. tried reinstalling the mod - same error. I'm wondering if its a directx12 issue but nothing im searching is giving me a solid response except some old microsoft threads that are saying to reinstall my gpu drivers.

if anyone has any info that can help. please let me know. thanks :)

Radeon 7900xtx, ryzen 7 5700x3d, running dx12 on windows 11

[sanek]

nvm i just deleted the d3d11.dll file and the game launches lol.