Changing Icon on M$ XP task bar

Hi,
In Windows XP (Windows NT), when you open multiple windows of a program, the programs become inconisized and grouped together under one menu icon with a name. For instance, opening Windows Explorer multiple times creates a menu on the task bar that displays the Windows Explorer Icon, the number of windows open, and the title of the program--Windows Explorer.
However, when I run my Java programs multiple times (or make many frames within a program) and iconisized them, they appear on the task bar as a menu with a little white window icon with a blue title, the number of windows (frames) open, and "java" or "javaw" beside it.
I know how to add icons to frames. What I don't know is how to keep my icon on the task bar when the windows (frames) or applicaitions become grouped. Any helpful information would be greatly appreciated. Spent 4 hours looking all over Sun's site, trying to find an answer. I've even tried to download some open source programs and tried to disect them to find the code. Sample code would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
J Apprentice

I think I know what you mean, but if you think about it, what is Windows actually running?
Windows itself, is running the java or javaw program, hence why the menu bar is displaying java or javaw, plus the number of instances of the program that you have open. Much like 5 or 6 instances of Explorer being grouped, 5 or 6 instances of java would be grouped (by the wya, I'm guessing here, coz I don't use XP).
However, if the main jFrame for each of these java programs has been correctly assigned a title, does that not make a difference with regards to what is actually displayed on the taskbar???
Anyone else got an idea?

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