taskbar sometimes refuses to open.

Now, what is the story with the standalone version? Is it included in my current license or do I need to buy another license? I'm looking forward to trying it out. anything I special I should be aware of? can it run the same time as the installed verzion?? Is there any documentation, yet?

You don't need other license. Just run shortcut "Standalone True Launch Bar" in Start->All Programs->True Launch Bar (or tlbhost.exe in TLB installation folder). If you already have opened TLB, it asks you for new toolbar. You can define the toolbars in TLB Settings->Options->Toolbars. Every toolbar must have own folder (create it somewhere on disk). Also you can just select the toolbar folder in the "New Toolbar" dialog box.

When you select the toolbar folder, the "Toolbar Properties" dialog box will be opened. Set the dock side, skin and maybe autohide options and press OK. Note: there are some options available via right-click of the empty space of the toolbar.