Whenever i click to launch the epic games launcher it never gets past the "preparing the epic games launcher" loading screen. Help fix?

This is an image of what the loading screen it gets stuck on looks like, and a picture of what’s going on in task manager at the same time (dont know if thats relevant): https://imgur.com/a/AQE7shN

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the launcher several times.
I have also tried to just let the loading screen run while i was at work, nothing had changed when i got back.

I really wanna fix this issue so any input or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

My pc specs are admittedly quite weak and outdated.

Might also be worth adding that i get the same result if i run as administrator.

I managed to open the launcher following this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMy-akRCass

the issue still persists. Tried reinstalling from scratch. It worked. Once. Then back to the usual. Sometimes I can get it to work in offline mode, but that doesn’t help me, since I need online functionality to add plugins/content from marketplace to projects and to get updates for the engine.