The item 'sweaw.exe' refers to has been changed or moved so no longer will work properly.
haven't touched or done anything to it. reinstalled game last night and this morn its back to same thing again.
why is it happening? how do I fix it? I blame it on windows 10 update

Dupe thread. We're discussing the issue here:

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/empire_at_war_shortcut_issue