Shopify App Proxy - dev store unchoosable

[Alex_Van]

I've been trying to set up a shopify app for days. 

I navigate to my partner dashboard, I choose apps >> create and app
and then I run the cli command 

npm init @Shopify/app@latest  

or I run 

shopify app init

in either case, I scaffold a new Remix app, I name the app, and I get the success message. Afterwards I cd into the new app I created and I run 

shopify app dev

but it errors: 

╭─ error ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                              │
│  The store you specified ([redacted]) is not a dev    │
│  store                                                                       │
│                                                                              │
│  Run dev --reset and select an eligible dev store.                           │
│                                                                              │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

ok, but I didn't specify that that store was the store I wanted to install this in. I tried to find and clear any settings that were associated with that store. I even went so far as to create a brand new partner account that has never been associated with that store. I cleared that store from my environment variables, I've deleted all the AppData/roaming config files associated with shopify. I am considering burning my computer in ritual sacrifice. 

help. 😭