diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.Designer.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8372de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+namespace ShiftOS.WinForms.Applications
+{
+    partial class Notifications
+    {
+        /// <summary> 
+        /// Required designer variable.
+        /// </summary>
+        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
+
+        /// <summary> 
+        /// Clean up any resources being used.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposing && (components != null))
+            {
+                components.Dispose();
+            }
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+        }
+
+        #region Component Designer generated code
+
+        /// <summary> 
+        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify 
+        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
+        /// </summary>
+        private void InitializeComponent()
+        {
+            this.lblnotifications = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
+            this.SuspendLayout();
+            // 
+            // lblnotifications
+            // 
+            this.lblnotifications.AutoSize = true;
+            this.lblnotifications.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Top;
+            this.lblnotifications.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
+            this.lblnotifications.Name = "lblnotifications";
+            this.lblnotifications.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(10);
+            this.lblnotifications.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(85, 33);
+            this.lblnotifications.TabIndex = 0;
+            this.lblnotifications.Tag = "header1";
+            this.lblnotifications.Text = "Notifications";
+            // 
+            // Notifications
+            // 
+            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
+            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
+            this.Controls.Add(this.lblnotifications);
+            this.Name = "Notifications";
+            this.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(437, 520);
+            this.ResumeLayout(false);
+            this.PerformLayout();
+
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblnotifications;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e1b36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using ShiftOS.Engine;
+
+namespace ShiftOS.WinForms.Applications
+{
+    [DefaultTitle("Notifications")]
+    [Launcher("Notifications", true, "al_notifications", "Utilities")]
+    public partial class Notifications : UserControl, IShiftOSWindow
+    {
+        public Notifications()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+        }
+
+        public void OnLoad()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void OnSkinLoad()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public bool OnUnload()
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public void OnUpgrade()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.resx b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.resx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1af7de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Applications/Notifications.resx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/Shiftorium.txt b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/Shiftorium.txt
index af30613..9c116be 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/Shiftorium.txt
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/Shiftorium.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 		Description: "Some basic commands for the terminal that'll help you out in the multi-user domain.",
 		Dependencies: null
 	},
+	{
+		Name: "AL Notifications",
+		Cost: 125,
+		Dependencies: "app_launcher",
+		Description: "Want to open the Notifications application from within the App Launcher? This upgrade is for you."
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Panel Notifications",
+		Cost: 150,
+		Description: "It's good to know what time it is, but how about knowing how many notifications you have? After all, notifications are a great way to tell what's going on! This upgrade adds a button that displays how many notifications you have. If you click it, you will open the Notifications app!",
+		Dependencies: "desktop_clock_widget"
+	},
 	{
 		Name: "Audio Volume",
 		Cost: 50,
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj b/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj
index 1b6b2d7..45c1a47 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
     <Compile Include="Applications\NameChanger.Designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>NameChanger.cs</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Applications\Notifications.cs">
+      <SubType>UserControl</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Applications\Notifications.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>Notifications.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Applications\Pong.cs">
       <SubType>UserControl</SubType>
     </Compile>
@@ -268,6 +274,9 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Applications\NameChanger.resx">
       <DependentUpon>NameChanger.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Applications\Notifications.resx">
+      <DependentUpon>Notifications.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Applications\Pong.resx">
       <DependentUpon>Pong.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.Designer.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.Designer.cs
index 23f4665..0585199 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.Designer.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.Designer.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
         private void InitializeComponent()
         {
             this.desktoppanel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
+            this.btnnotifications = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
             this.lbtime = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
             this.panelbuttonholder = new System.Windows.Forms.FlowLayoutPanel();
             this.sysmenuholder = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
             // desktoppanel
             // 
             this.desktoppanel.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;
+            this.desktoppanel.Controls.Add(this.btnnotifications);
             this.desktoppanel.Controls.Add(this.lbtime);
             this.desktoppanel.Controls.Add(this.panelbuttonholder);
             this.desktoppanel.Controls.Add(this.sysmenuholder);
@@ -75,6 +77,22 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
             this.desktoppanel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1296, 24);
             this.desktoppanel.TabIndex = 0;
             // 
+            // btnnotifications
+            // 
+            this.btnnotifications.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
+            this.btnnotifications.AutoSize = true;
+            this.btnnotifications.AutoSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoSizeMode.GrowAndShrink;
+            this.btnnotifications.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
+            this.btnnotifications.FlatAppearance.BorderSize = 0;
+            this.btnnotifications.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Flat;
+            this.btnnotifications.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(1066, -2);
+            this.btnnotifications.Name = "btnnotifications";
+            this.btnnotifications.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(136, 24);
+            this.btnnotifications.TabIndex = 3;
+            this.btnnotifications.Text = "Notifications (0)";
+            this.btnnotifications.UseVisualStyleBackColor = false;
+            this.btnnotifications.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnnotifications_Click);
+            // 
             // lbtime
             // 
             this.lbtime.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom) 
@@ -156,6 +174,7 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
         private System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip menuStrip1;
         private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem apps;
         private System.Windows.Forms.FlowLayoutPanel panelbuttonholder;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnnotifications;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs
index 2bb2715..ded68ba 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/WinformsDesktop.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
                         lbtime.Top = LoadedSkin.DesktopPanelClockFromRight.Y;
                     }
                 }
+
+                btnnotifications.Left = lbtime.Left - btnnotifications.Width - 2;
+                btnnotifications.Top = (desktoppanel.Height - btnnotifications.Height) / 2;
             };
             time.Start();
 
@@ -229,6 +232,8 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
                     desktoppanel.Visible = Shiftorium.UpgradeInstalled("desktop");
                     lbtime.Visible = Shiftorium.UpgradeInstalled("desktop_clock_widget");
 
+                    btnnotifications.Visible = Shiftorium.UpgradeInstalled("panel_notifications");
+
                     //skinning
                     lbtime.ForeColor = LoadedSkin.DesktopPanelClockColor;
 
@@ -529,6 +534,11 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms
         {
             return this.Size;
         }
+
+        private void btnnotifications_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            AppearanceManager.SetupWindow(new Applications.Notifications());
+        }
     }
 
     [ShiftOS.Engine.Scripting.Exposed("desktop")]