Okay, here is the deal: I have replaced my windows taskbar with a dock and am trying to replicate the start menu effect (what happens when you click "Start") when a dock icon is clicked. the closest i can come is getting a program list ("all programs" on the start menu) to appear. would there be any way to somehow replicate or shortcut the start menu into a .exe file so i could replace the taskbar start menu with an object dock icon?? in short... i want the start menu to appear when i click a dock icon. i hope this presents a challenge to some xp guru-- any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks