Ark survival is stuck on 'Starting'

Technical Support
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OS Name/Version:Windows 11 Home 22H2

Product Name/Version:AMP Release “Decadeus” V2.4.4
Problem Description: I press start on my ark server for the first time, And nothing shows up in console, My ram Rises and in Notifications it says “Ark: Starting server…”

[10:56:01] [steamcmdplugin:Snelfs Info] : SteamCMD Update successful
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\.backupExclude)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\ShooterGame\.backupExclude)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:56:09] [API:Snelfs Activity]  : Starting the application.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:58:03] [Core Activity]        : Authentication attempt for user Snelfs from 127.0.0.1
[10:58:07] [Core Activity]        : Authentication success
[10:58:07] [Core Warning]         : Slow method invocation: Login took 3066ms to complete.
[10:58:07] [Core Warning]         : Slow response: Core.Login took 3066ms to complete.
[11:27:34] [API:Snelfs Activity]  : Restarting the application.
[11:27:37] [API:Snelfs Activity]  : Starting the application.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini but the file does not exist.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini but the file does not exist.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.

Steps to reproduce:

I Press start on my server
Nothing happens And i check logs and it shows a crash loop

Actions taken to resolve so far:
Ive installed and ran the following links and messages:

Installed 'DirectX End USer Runtime (June 2010)
X86 Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015-2022
Ran SteamCMD.exe (Located in the file directory of my server manager

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You also need Redist 2013. Check the ARK guide on discourse

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Already tried installing before, Just attempted to install, It said ‘Uninstall/Repair’ I clicked repair, I Clicked update on the AMP on ark then launched and it had same issue.

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If you ran steamcmd manually outside of AMP you may have damaged the instance. Make a new instance and see what happens.

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I ran steamcmd outside after this issue was occuring, Il make a new one now and keep you up to date

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