Help with 2nd taskbar

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I'm trying to create a second bar at the top of the screen to house the cpu, memory, and diskspace monitors, along with winamp controls.

But how do I have it like the taskbar, so that it's always on top, but never covering up?

Such as when you maximize an IExplorer window, it will automaticly go all the way down to the taskbar, but not any farther, I want this to happen with the top 'taskbar' so to speak so it's always viewable, but nothing underneth it.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, in LiteSTEP you would....

JDeskWorkArea 20,0,0,0

or...

SetDesktopArea
SDALeft 0
SDARight 0
SDATop 20
SDABottom 0

..depending on whether you use Jdesk.dll or Desktop2.dll...........
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ooops...

JDeskWorkArea 0,20,0,0

my mistake....Spell checker
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh, whoops, probably would have helped if I would have said I'm using DesktopX.

Anyway, I just went ahead and made it always on top, so it givess the same effect I want, just can't close windows the traditional way, which doesn't matter really, I use Alt+F4 anyway.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can do it easily - goto theme settings/Desktop/Reduce Work Area. If you put in a number for the top then it will prevent maximized windows from being in that space. Note, however, that you can still move a non-maximized window underneath it which is a pain.