hmmmm ... i nearly got it - the shortcut that displays the bar is the troublemaker so i commented it off and told everything to stay low ... it works but i have no backgraound for the taskbar now - so i wanted to create a Label like this

BarLabelX 0
BarLabelY 0
BarLabelWidth ResolutionX
BarLabelHeight 44
BarLabelImage topbar-kl.bmp ;modded 1px version of the bar
BarLabelOnLeftClick !PopupCommandTasks -598 42

but its not being displayed, what am i missing here?

please help!