Skyrim Character Creation Problem

I'm playing Skyrim through Steam on the PC. Early last year I encountered a problem after subscribing to a lot of mods. After trying to fix it I gave up and am only just now attempting to fix it again. I've unsubscribed from all mods, deleted all save files, deleted all files relating to Skyrim on my computer, and reinstalled through Steam (no physical copy.) Then I verified the integrity of the files through Steam. I've had no success and would appreciate any pointers you can give me. I'm not very computer literate, but I've done quite a bit of research into this problem and am fresh out of ideas. The problem is:

At the beginning of the game when you are prompted to customize and then name your character, I am unable to proceed beyond choosing my character's race. I can scroll between the various races, but I can not choose the race and proceed to the body, the face, etc.

I am able to press R and name my character and proceed with the story. But I'm quite set on being able to choose what my character looks like beyond the preset race and gender.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Edit in response to comment: I've used mouse clicks, arrows, wasd, and probably quite a few other buttons in frustrated mashing. :) Ah, I have used ShowRaceMenu as well and it is also broken.

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Best Answer

I had this issue. I found if you lower your resolution settings either in the Skyrim Launcher, Geforce experience or whatever, start the game make your character (should be working then) save then restart the game with optimized resolution settings you should be able to bypass this problem. Good luck, i hope it helps.

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How do you fix a stuck character in Skyrim?

Sometimes, you will become stuck after a cinematic dialogue. Use the console command, enableplayercontrols to retain your controls. Rarely, it is possible to get stuck between objects, and be unable to move. This can be solved by fast traveling or using the console commands, coc <cellname> or tcl .

How do I reopen my character creation in Skyrim?

Open the console by pressing '~', which is located in the top left corner of standard North American keyboards. Type 'showracemenu' in the console and hit Enter. This will pull up the character creation screen that you came across when you initially created your character.

Can you start a new character in Skyrim without deleting the old one?

No, just save it in a new slot.

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