I FINALLY Fixed it. I went off the hunch I got it could be a registry problem and just started digging through the registry options for EA App, Steam, and this thing for "Respawn" I found. I ended up finding this install script in the game's directory called installScript.vdf. and opening it revealed it to be setting a bunch of registry options for the game. Specifically, one of the directories is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Respawn\\Jedi Fallen Order\\" where it sets the string "Install Dir" which I noticed mine wasn't set correctly, to an older installation folder before I moved the game. I changed it to be correct, to the current installation folder and it worked immediately.
TLDR: Open RegEdit and go here:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Respawn\Jedi Fallen Order
and then fix the string named "Install Dir" to be correct. in my case:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Jedi Fallen Order"
hope this helps. Also, EA if I can fix this maybe you can too.
are you sure that the game is actually installed?
