Update: Before upgrading to version 2024 I was doing a project using version 2020. When bringing the 2020 version project into 2024 is when I started having the issues described. I then started a new project in 2024 and all the issues went away. Apparently something created in 2020 isn't transferable to 2024. I initially did a search to see if there could be compatible issues with previous version projects and didn't see any mention of this.
I don't have any saved links, or message titles to do a search, but I have read MANY messages here that say old projects should be completed in the old program, since opening an old project in a new program will 'almost always' cause problems