I just found a Vista Gadget that has become my favorite. It’s difficult finding really good Vista Gadgets.

Wallpatch Video lets me watch movies right on the desktop. Now, I know some of you are thinking that most other players let you watch movies on the desktop, too. But, this is different. I don’t need to open up a player and I can customize the size of the screen and it’s on the desktop and out of the way. No toolbars, borders, or menus in the way. The options only appear when the cursor is over the gadget and auto-hide when the cursor moves off.

It’s very simple to use. I have been looking for something like this for a while. It lets me to continue doing anything else on the computer while the movie is playing.

I don’t know what video types it supports except for AVI, WMV and can play DVDs. It wouldn’t play W4V, which comes from iTunes. I would be very happy if it could!

Go check out Wallpatch Video, which is at version 2.0 now.