I wouldn't be surprised if this issue was caused by the 23H2 update that my PC installed on 11/9/23. The issues seem to have started around that time. My PC has also been experiencing the Explorer crash that everyone is talking about. And to top it all off, there is only a 10 day window for a update roll back, making me out-of-options until either MS fixes this junk, or I get so frustrated that I go back to Windows 10.
One thing that I have learned from this experience is that it is best to NOT move to the next OS until you have NO CHOICE. Oh, and that every other Windows version is **** and will likely remain that way until the next one is released. I thought that I had waited long enough for everything to stablize before making the switch, but I was DEAD WRONG.