WOW.
Here's the fix:
i INSTALLED a clean FRESH Launchbox to it's default directory (keep in mind my main install is on R:\ drive)
When opening from the new launch it produced a crash. Didn't get the code.
I uninstalled Launchbox from the clean install. Ran CCleaner registry mode a few times, then bam my REAL INSTALL starts opening like normal.
POTENTIALLY I could have had 2 installs the entire time that could've been the issue.