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Battlefield 4 getting stuck in background processes - Win 10 Anniversary update

I installed the Windows 10 Anniversary update yesterday evening.  Today for the first time I was going to play Battlefield 4.  The game says it is running (according to Battlelog I was in game), but I could not see the game.  I went to task manager and there it was sitting in the Background processes.  I did some searching online and everything I tried did not work. I then contacted EA support via phone and they walked me though a bunch of stuff. First I did a repair game. I also changed it to launch in compatibility mode of Windows 7 as an administrator. In the game properties I was told to put a "-w" in the command line arguments and check the box to Disable Origin in Game for this game. I also tried the 32bit and the 64bit versions.  After all that, the game was still running in the background.  EA support suggested I reinstall the game.  So I hung up and uninstalled the game, rebooted my PC, and reinstalled the game, and it still is going to the Background Process.  Anyone have any ideas how to fix this issue.  I hope it is not Windows 10 Anniversary update that is the problem.  It was working fine on Windows 10 before the update. See the attached screen shot of Battlefield 4 in the Background Processes.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

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