Failed to launch error/Fully Black Screen when using CC

i updated my game, i updated my mods, did everything i normally do, and everything was working fine as of 130am PST. this afternoon, the EA app itself wanted to update, so i didn't even think about it and i allowed the app to update.

for some reason THAT seemed to break everything for me when the actual game update was working just fine before? 

i have a pretty good handle on my mods folder, i have over 150gb of stuff in there and i almost never have issues but even doing 50/50 i am finding so much stuff that's broken after just the APP update, it's totally absurd. not sure if anyone else is having a problem after the EA app update this afternoon within the last couple hours but oh man this is bad. i don't usually ever say anything about stuff but...yeah this is pretty bad.

ETA: i have looked all over the internet/chat rooms/forums/groups and i have hardly seen anyone mention the ea app update- maybe only two people. also did a folder refresh like people are recommending and no luck. also no luck with going offline or even disabling the wifi on my pc. the errors with CC seem to be very inconsistent/isolated to certain creators. i have 164gb and prob 80% of it is fine, the whole thing is really strange