Windows 10: Unable to install windows using UEFI USB

Every time I try booting into the UEFI mode of my usb drive it gets stuck in a bootloop. I can boot into the legacy mode of my bootable media, but using an MBR partition scheme instead of GPT is out of the question, because I'm dual booting and can't survive without REFInd or some sort of boot manager. I have an ASROCK motherboard and I have CSM and secure boot disabled already. I'm almost completely certain that it's not the bootable media which is the problem as I have tried three different drives, each time installing windows using three different methods (media creation tool, rufus, and woeUSB).

I am woefully confused, please send help.

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