>>I can tell you what I do for the situation, whether that will fit your design, I don't know. I park a TL off the screen, and show only the Desktop as an In-TL. The title for the TL is what shows on the Taskbar, of course. Only the TL shows on the taskbar. _screen is shut off.
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>Huh? Buttons for both forms show on the taskbar for me, regardless of the position of the TL form.
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>Anyway, I have to have both forms showing: top-level and desktop.

My turn to say "huh"? There should be no problem if _screen is off. I have a TL running, and the In-TLs never show on the Taskbar, Desktop or not. You are sure the Desktop is In-TL?