That is a very interesting requirement. What you are asking for is called "Bands" in WinXP. (not sure how it is treated in Vista) You basically add a toolbar to your taskbar for this specific application of yours. Many applications like Windows Media Player, iTunes, Nero do that.
It can be done as a VC++ app and then you have add the CLSID of it to the registry appropriately as explained in this link from MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776819.aspx If I were you, maybe I would look for alternative solutions, like the one suggested by sallushan. Having said that, how about this - When you minimize this app of yours, you can move it to the task manager with a nice icon and code all your commands as items on a context menu. So you can simply right click your icon from the task manager and select any of the options you want. Implementing this is a lot more simpler than trying to get a deskband. Kaarthik, http://coding-passion.blogspot.com
