Windows Homehosting: getsockopt: connection refused

After using a proxy that points to my server I stopped using it as it was decided that it would only be played on by myself and friends. I removed the windows firewall rules related to the proxy and now none of my friends can connect getting the above mentioned error. I have tried the following not in order:
* Redoing port-forwarding on my router (my PC is also set to have a static local IP)
* Explicitly allowing connections to port 25565 in the windows defender firewall and allowing javaw on both private and public networks
* using port checker while the server is running (says port 25565 is closed)
* netstat says my machine is listening on port 25565
* disabling and reenabling firewall rules
* connecting on my local machine works. I don't have any other PCs on the LAN to test.
* using the Test-NetConnection powershell command on another computer says it can ping but TCP connection fails
* Trying to find any other possibly related, possibly forgotten about firewall rules, there are none.
* Right now I have inbound rules to allow local port 25565 TCP/UDP and outbound rules to the same config
* restarting the server and PC (duh)
* checking [server.properties](http://server.properties) file for invalid config settings, there is no IP set and the port is still set to 25565
* ipconfig /release, /flushdns, /renew
* disabling Hyper-V and disabling unnecessary network adapters including WiFi, leaving just my ethernet adapter
* testing with multiple friends, they all get the same error
I would greatly appreciate some help as I am at a loss. From what I can gather it seems to be a local issue and not with my router, but idk. Thanks for your time!