Chromedriver not found in path but I can open in the terminal and ChromeDriverManager gives me and error - selenium-webdriver

Question

I'm new to coding but have been using selenium for chrome in python fine for a few weeks, I don't know what I changed but I am now getting an error message.
I simplified it as much as I can to see what I'm doing wrong, but I can't work it out.
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(r"C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\chromedriver.exe")
Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 71, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
File "C:\Users\smim1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 832, in __init__
errread, errwrite) = self._get_handles(stdin, stdout, stderr)
File "C:\Users\smim1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1294, in _get_handles
c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(self._get_devnull())
File "C:\Users\smim1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1077, in _get_devnull
self._devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'nul'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\test5.py", line 43, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service = s)
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 70, in __init__
super(WebDriver, self).__init__(DesiredCapabilities.CHROME['browserName'], "goog",
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chromium\webdriver.py", line 90, in __init__
self.service.start()
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/home
But when I open that file location in the terminal it starts successfully:
PS C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test> C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\chro
medriver.exe
Starting ChromeDriver 101.0.4951.41 (93c720db8323b3ec10d056025ab95c23a31997c9-re
fs/branch-heads/4951#{#904}) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggest
ions on keeping ChromeDriver safe.
ChromeDriver was started successfully.
My chrome is the same build:
Chrome is up to date
Version 101.0.4951.54 (Official Build) (64-bit)
I have also tried to move it to the project folder and remove the path but it comes up with the same error
I have tried the webdriver-manager 3.5.4 but get an error:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install()))
Error:
====== WebDriver manager ======
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\test5.py", line 51, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install()))
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\chrome.py", line 32, in install
driver_path = self._get_driver_path(self.driver)
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\manager.py", line 19, in _get_driver_path
binary_path = self.driver_cache.find_driver(driver)
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\driver_cache.py", line 74, in find_driver
driver_version = driver.get_version()
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\driver.py", line 39, in get_version
self.get_latest_release_version()
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\driver.py", line 65, in get_latest_release_version
self.browser_version = get_browser_version_from_os(self.chrome_type)
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\utils.py", line 144, in get_browser_version_from_os
OSType.WIN: windows_browser_apps_to_cmd(
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\utils.py", line 125, in windows_browser_apps_to_cmd
powershell = determine_powershell()
File "C:\Users\smim1\PycharmProjects\test\venv\lib\site-packages\webdriver_manager\utils.py", line 245, in determine_powershell
with subprocess.Popen(
File "C:\Users\smim1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 832, in __init__
errread, errwrite) = self._get_handles(stdin, stdout, stderr)
File "C:\Users\smim1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1276, in _get_handles
p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(self._get_devnull())
File "C:\Users\smim1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1077, in _get_devnull
self._devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'nul'
I'm sure there is something simple that I am doing wrong but I have tried everything I can find online