MFC dialog enigma

[Beer]

1. MFC dialog app is created 2. 2nd modeless dialog is created with extended style WS_EX_APPWINDOW, it's then shown and updated. The parent is set to null or desktop with SetParent(NULL) or SetParent(GetDesktopWindow()) 3. Main dialog window is minimized, and as it is, the taskbar space for the non-modal disappears and the non-modal dialog is also minimized 4. NO, i repeat NO messages at all are sent to the non-modal dialog such as you would expect (ex. WM_SIZE message). My Question is simple, what the heck is going on? How does one stop MFC from stealing the non-modal dialog's messages and reducing it automatically and removing it's taskbar space? So far no one has been able to answer this hey