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I'm finding several people saying they have this issue in various threads. What is it about my setup that is causing this issue, if it is unique to me?

I'm using Vortex version 1.9.12 and I'm on the latest hotfix of BG3 (Hotfix 19 as of posting this), which I have downloaded on Steam. I'm having the following issue with the majority of mods I install: The installation appears to work correctly and everything shows up in the load order and in the BG3 mods folder in AppData. However, the mods themselves do not work, and when I uninstall them, I get this notification: {Mod Name} couldn't be read correctly. This mod be incorrectly locked/unlocked but will default to unlocked. I'm on Windows 11 if that matters, and I'm using a fresh install of the game on a new computer. I did have mods installed into BG3 on my old computer, but it broke and there is no way for me to deactivate them, in case that somehow affects this. When I purge the load order, the mods disappear from the BG3 mod folder. They reappear upon deployment. I have tried reinstalling Vortex and it made no difference. Both BG3 and Vortex are installed on my D drive, which is not where my operating system is. I'm throwing darts at a board here to see what sticks and nothing is. Some mods seem not to have this issue. Other mods have this issue sometimes but not others, and I have no way of knowing if the issue is present until after the mod has been uninstalled. As a side note, certain mods are making it so that BG3 launches in the background and I never see the main menu. These are common mods such as ImprovedUI and Extra Dyes for the Fashionable Folks of Faerun. And I haven't seen anyone else mention this issue. This specific issue was present on my current PC and my previous one. The game won't launch correctly from Steam, its .exe, or from Vortex itself. Also yes, I have tried fresh installs and verified the integrity of BG3's files. Anyone have any ideas?