I was able to find my answer on a thread from this forum YEARS ago.
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/support/server-support-and/1914862-auto-restart-on-crash-or-stop-cmd-on-windows-os
Worked like a CHARM.
***Edit***
Let me elaborate on this. You can use the above bash to shutdown/restart the server whenever. This will allow anyone to reset the server (virtually the same as what I was needing).
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I don't know how to fix the forge launcher so you can run it, but i know there is a client side mod in there somewhere. but as for the vanilla launcher, You cant place or craft the blocks because your launching the vanilla server and it doesnt support the mods.
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you need to add in a readtimeout exception in a batch file, if you already have a run.bat add it there if not make one here is the arguement:
-Dfml.read.Timeout=60