I'm getting the following error when trying to run npm run dev

[Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, readlink 'C:\[...]\frontend\.next\server\vendor-chunks\framer-motion.js'] {
  errno: -4071,
  code: 'EINVAL',
  syscall: 'readlink',
  path: 'C:\\[...]\\frontend\\.next\\server\\vendor-chunks\\framer-motion.js'
}

[redacted the rest of the path to make the err msg easier to read]

I'm 100% sure i'm in the right directory, I tried undoing changes i made to code to match the exact code i had that run perfectly the last time
also tried removing any packages i added since the last time the code run
i also tried deleting node_modules and running npm i and it didnt work
nothin g i;'ve managed to find online has been of help
I'm stuck outside of my project looking in