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    Re: My own system tray / taskbar.

    I don't quite understand what you are trying to do. Do you want it to run on top of windows or to be a complete OS? IF you want the Complete OS, then you need to start with a lower level language than VB. If you just want a forms app that looks like a different OS, you could do that, but you are going to have to draw your controls yourself. You may be able to find some controls that exists that you can repurpose, but in the end a control is just something drawn on the screen that reacts when a user interacts with in different ways.

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    Re: My own system tray / taskbar.

    Quote Originally Posted by Negative0 View Post
    I don't quite understand what you are trying to do. Do you want it to run on top of windows or to be a complete OS? IF you want the Complete OS, then you need to start with a lower level language than VB. If you just want a forms app that looks like a different OS, you could do that, but you are going to have to draw your controls yourself. You may be able to find some controls that exists that you can repurpose, but in the end a control is just something drawn on the screen that reacts when a user interacts with in different ways.
    Alright. I'll explain now. The conpect of this is to be a virtual
    opearting system. Which means, It requies .NET to run, and it's just
    for fun I assume. I want to make a taskbar just like in the windows
    you are running now, which will contain every program (or a form..)
    I will open. For example, I run notepad.exe, It will show up in the
    task bar, and then I can right clcik the item (icon) and close it, or
    what ever.

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