I'm an experienced web developer and want to write a quick Windows utility just to simplify my desktop a bit, but I'm not quite sure where to start. I don't have much Windows programming experience but I have no problem jumping in and learning, I just need a starting point.

Basically I want to create a second taskbar in Windows 7. The standard taskbar, at the bottom, is fine but I'd like to add a second one at the top of my screen that takes full advantage of the new Windows 7 features.

I'm not looking for a complete how-to on this, but can someone point me in the right direction to look as far as what I'd need to do just to get another taskbar to display on my monitor?