Game is open in task manager and game directory, but isn't really open

[Rubbertoe]

When i press play in the launcher, it doesn't actually launch the game but it says it is open in the task manager and when I open the launcher and press play again, it says that it is already open in the game directory. I've tested this with 1.8.9 forge and 1.17 but only 1.8.9 didn't work while 1.17 did.