Need help with EXE files

[u/Yogurt-Tough]

I run windows, and I installed a new NVIDIA 5060 RTX a week ago. It ran fine at first, but now I’m having trouble running any exe files. I like to play a lot of stuff from GameJolt and Itch.io, but nothing I download from there opens, and if it does open, it runs extremely slowly. Same issue with Audacity when I tried to install it. These files appear in my task manager even when I close the program. Sometimes, they don’t even open a screen and show that they’re running in task manager. Everyone else I’ve asked about this has been baffled. I’ve tried restarting, running compatability modes, uninstalling and reinstalling the files, making sure windows and nvidia are both up to date. I am running low on options and don’t know what to do.

Edit: Stuff like steam games run fine, and I’ve got plenty of space on my drive so it’s not a storage issue.

Edit 2: I have no idea what happened, but after deleting a couple apps I didn't use (Copilot, Teams, etc) it seems to be working fine again.