chrome prevents other apps from opening

This is a very small picture that has been painted.

Writing an effective Apple Support Communities question

Is this a New Issue or Old Issue ? 

New Issue - what has changed on the computer ?

Old Issue - what actions has the user taken to fix this issue ?

Reliable , accurate, details / context will really help to pinpoint a possible solution.

Building on previous Contributors suggestion

This link below will provide a good list of Options other than Google Chrome and all its baggage it brings to this computer

Browsers by Mac operating system - Apple Community

Then uninstall it and use one of the other browsers based on Chrome that don't have all the Google tracking stuff and behave much better, like Brave or Vivaldi

TD52 wrote:

chrome prevents other apps from opening

FWIW, Chrome does not prevent other apps from opening.

I should have added, if you have problems opening apps, it's for some other reason. Some details would be useful.