This is truly bizarre, so I will start with a screen shot of the error messages - 

Now for the truly "fun" part . . .
The laptop that this is happening on had SWX2021 fully uninstalled at least 2 years ago.
The laptop NEVER had PDM installed on it.
The error didn't start happening until I uninstalled SWX2023 SP2.0
The error happens when I attempt to open Windows Explorer or the Registry Editor.

Oddly enough,