IMac freezing after start because of failed transfer

Hello,
Last night I tried transferring two videos over a network which ended up failing. Not thinking much about it, I just placed those two video files on that local computer to just do a usb transfer this morning. Well, getting to the target computer, I notice something like the picture attached.
It is like the computer saw the failed transfer and kept trying to do the transfer. Also, mouse is still working. I just cannot use the dock, finder, or any other application.
I have tried safe booting, this works but obviously you do not want to stay in safe boot. I have repaired the disk and noticed a speed jump in startup which was nice but ultimately did not fix my issue. I have tried restarting (obviously) which did not help my problem.
Any other ideas? Would love to get this up and rolling for this is my editing machine.
Thanks for any input you have.

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