Wouldn't it be nice if Windows just had this ability built into it? You can download applications that do it though.

I know I'd like to never see AIM or Foobar2000 or mIRC on my taskbar either... they're things that are open all the time and stay that way, so they should be on the tray, where they sit and don't move, because that's what they should be doing, now for windows that I DO need to switch around like the separate AIM conversation windows, and separate pages in browsers (still stuck on IE... waiting for tabs here!), and stuff like that is what the taskbar should be for.

Maybe Microsoft will catch on to this one day.