Is there any way to run an application without seeing the main menu bar behind the forms? I unchecked all the startup properties, but I still get the window behind the form with the blue bar and main menu bar along the top. All my forms are set up the way I want them, so it's not an individual form that's causing this.

This is driving me nuts, so any help would be appreciated.

You need to build a custom menu with no buttons in it, change the menu bar in the startup options to your custom menu.

HTH
RDH