Controlling WMC and XBMC with one remote?

HI all. I use the standard issue MCE remote to control XBMC 11.0 on Win 7 Home Premium.

I recently went to OTA antenna for TV and need DVR. I have been using WMC for this thus far. But I have been needing to use the mouse to launch and exit WMC and then can manipulate WMC with the MCE remote.

I use Autohotkey with the standard script to launch XBMC with the MCE Green Button. Obviously this does not work for launching both XBMC and WMC.

Can I somehow use AHK to launch and close both programs? If not, is there some other suggestion? I have heard of Event Ghost but have never used it. It seems to be a big deal to make it work with XBMC let alone both XBMC and WMC.

Thanks all for any help.

Gregg