VB.Net form as part of desktop

I've spent a while searching around and I can't find a solution to this:

I have a transparent, borderless form that displays a clock. I can l开发者_高级运维oad this just fine, but I want the clock to be part of the desktop, so it cannot take focus, is behind other applications, and is not hidden with Win+D (similar to applications like RainMeter).

I need the solution to work with VB.Net (I'm using 2010)

Thanks in anticipation

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Take a look at the following codeproject article:

Application Desktop Toolbars

It seems to do what you require.

This article is about Application Desktop Toolbars, which are applications that can align to the screen much like the taskbar. The article will develop a base class for developing such apps.