It is similar to what Vista/Windows7 has, but I like it on the desktop directly there. It automatically hides when a window is opened and it comes back up again when I hit alt+space. I like less icons on my desktop anyways.Windows Vista has that too. Click the start button or hit the "Windows" key and the cursor is automatically in the "search" box which provides the same function. If I understand how yours works correctly, seems like the same function. It would be useful....but any program I use on a regular basis already has an icon on my desktop.