| SUCCESS!  After thinking about just how i could open the frontend back up without a batch file it hit me....macro.  As luck would have it, I was even using a macro program (I used it to map alt-f4 to a button on my mouse/remote) and all I had to do was tell it to launch the frontend back up after hitting alt-f4.  It worked perfectly.  
 So in conclusion, i don't think it could've been done with just batch files...but that's alright, because it works now and that's all that matters.
 
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