Rocketdock was written by Punk Labs (skunkie et al) and was originally written for XP but was never overhauled for NT6 usage. I use Rocketdock on all my Windows machines as I find the convenience of the MAC-style dock and the ability to customise the dock icons is a real boon. This utility has been a work-in-progress so if you want to see how it was developed then read on!