Windows 10 Start menu broken, does not open any more

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Guys, I said it, and I'll say this again. My start menu is still not opening no matter what. I ran through all of these steps on this step-by-step guide right here http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/windows-10/has-your-windows-10-start-menu-stopped-working-here-are-four-ways-to-fix-it-11364000314532 So no matter what I do, it will not open. I'm not ready to do a fresh install on Windows again because I'm in the middle of my college semester doing my homework on this epic beast PC that I built https://pcpartpicker.com/b/XDfH99 Does anybody have a solution on how to fix this? I feel like that sometimes when I troubleshoot my PC, I'll troubleshoot to no avail while other people got their problem fix. I'm still a newbie in the PC Master Race community.
 
It's really bizarre that no where in that article did they recommend reinstalling video drivers. Since Windows 8.1 the start menu will occasionally break and simply reinstalling the video drivers will (often) fix it right up.

Download a new installer for your video drivers and make sure to do a full uninstall of existing drivers. This is usually under the advanced install options.

Hopefully this takes care of your issue.
 

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Already tried mister. I made sure to uninstall my video driver and download and install the latest driver. Still does not work. That is why I am here to see if there is any alternative solutions to this very weird problem. I even reset Windows and that only fixed it for a short while and then it stopped working.
 

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All of that is good. No malware or viruses. I had a feeling this solution might come up. Trust me man. No matter what solutions you throw at me. It ain't gonna work.