Minecraft Crashes on Start up

I am trying to assist my friend who's Minecraft seems to crash every time they try to start it up. They did not have this issue prior to updating to MC version 1.12.1. I have experienced an issue somewhat like this in the past and advised him to go into his "options.txt" and set "useVsync" and "enableVBO" to false, but it somehow returned to true. It loaded slightly longer and then was given this crash report:

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Why did you do that?

Time: 8/12/17 6:26 PM
Description: Unexpected error

java.lang.NullPointerException: Unexpected error
at bsa.n(SourceFile:296)
at bsa.e(SourceFile:275)
at bib.t(SourceFile:1602)
at bib.az(SourceFile:1000)
at bib.a(SourceFile:419)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:123)


A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:

-- Head --
Thread: Client thread
Stacktrace:
at bsa.n(SourceFile:296)
at bsa.e(SourceFile:275)

-- Affected level --
Details:
Level name: MpServer
All players: 0 total; []
Chunk stats: MultiplayerChunkCache: 0, 0
Level seed: 0
Level generator: ID 00 - default, ver 1. Features enabled: false
Level generator options:
Level spawn location: World: (8,64,, Chunk: (at 8,4,8 in 0,0; contains blocks 0,0,0 to 15,255,15), Region: (0,0; contains chunks 0,0 to 31,31, blocks 0,0,0 to 511,255,511)
Level time: 0 game time, 0 day time
Level dimension: 0
Level storage version: 0x00000 - Unknown?
Level weather: Rain time: 0 (now: false), thunder time: 0 (now: false)
Level game mode: Game mode: survival (ID 0). Hardcore: false. Cheats: false
Forced entities: 0 total; []
Retry entities: 0 total; []
Server brand: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Server type: Non-integrated multiplayer server
Stacktrace:
at bsb.a(SourceFile:365)
at bib.b(SourceFile:2587)
at bib.a(SourceFile:433)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:123)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.12.1
Operating System: Windows 10 (x86) version 10.0
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 249198288 bytes (237 MB) / 430616576 bytes (410 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 13, tallocated: 95
Launched Version: 1.12.1
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: Intel(R) HD Graphics GL version 4.0.0 - Build 10.18.10.4358, Intel
GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

Using VBOs: Yes
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: Faithful 1.12-rv2.zip
Current Language: English (US)
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: 4x Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z3735F @ 1.33GHz