Problem With "apps" opening as "background processes"

I've been having a strange problem lately where randomly while my PC is running and I try to launch a new game it will only open as background process instead of foreground app. I can't alt-tab to them, I can't access them in anyway but I can see them running in task manager. This problem persists across multiple HDDs and multiple launchers (ie steam, epic, no launcher). Also when this problem decides to activate itself I can no longer shut down or restart my PC. If I try to, it will just hang on the shutdown or restarting screen. The only way to fix the problem is to power off my PC with no shutdown and turn it back on. Then it will work fine until it decides to do it again. Any ideas?? I'm stumped.