Script Panel - Work in progress

Hi All,
Working on a Script Panel to make scripts simpler to run in illustrator.
This is a work in progress...
Looking for some people to help test and make suggestions.
at the moment this is a Windows only program... Sorry Mac users
and right now it is still an AHK file.
so I'm looking for people who already use AHK (AutoHotKey)
both files need to be saved in the same directory. would be best if they had their own folder.
Settings file needs to be manually updated at this point and will need the path to your desired script folder and the path to your illustrator updated for it to work.
once AHK file is running it will scan the script folder for scripts.
will also scan sub folders but only 1 deep, this way groups of scripts can be organized.
Window will appear center screen, just drag the panel to where you want it.
so far you can mouse click any script to run it.
it is also tied to the "Tilde" or "Back Tick" / "~" or "`" no shift needed.
This will make the window active and allow you keyboard access to the scripts. ie. "Tilde 24 Enter" will run script 24
I have plans for settings window so any variable such as paths, font etc. can be set from the program.
And also will make the sub folders collapsible for simpler viewing.
Can't wait for thoughts and suggestions.
http://qwertyfly.com/files/Script%20Menu/

Bridgetalk is working.
now I'm having version issues. its running the script in CC, not CC2014.
tried:
       bt.target = "illustrator";            //hoping this would use current active
    bt.target = "illustrator-18";         //seen this used for CS versions but not CC+
    bt.target = "illustrator-18.0";       //seen this used for CS versions but not CC+
    bt.target = "illustrator-18.1.1";     //as displayed by alert(app.version);
    bt.target = "illustrator-18.064";     //as shown in ESTK target application
Also a little worried about the bridgetalk loading the whole script to a variable.
is this going to increase resources? (maybe not but not sure how to check)

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I tried assigning the command line to a variable, I tried to log in directly from the command line, and both dont work (see below). What did I do wrong??
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SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Mar 24 08:53:05 2004
Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
ERROR:
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