Escape from Tarkov issues with reshade

Hey all, new to the forums, was told to come here from the EFT forums.
Essentially, I have been ripping my hair out trying to get this to work. I've watched videos and installing reshade is insanely simple, but for some reason, no matter if I try the latest version or an older one or if I choose OpenGL vs the other options, I cant get it to even launch once installed.

Either one of two things happen: I install reshade to the EXE folder of tarkov, I go to launch and I get a corruption error. OR I will install reshade to the exe folder with the lowest tier graphic option, and the game will open and run normal, but I can not shift f2 to open a menu.

I am really hoping someone here has experience with this game/reshade, I know plenty of people who run it on Tarkov so its absolutely do able.

Specs are as followed : NO SSD, NVidia GT 1050 X, 17 7th gen

Any tips are greatly appreciated.