Some time ago, I built a DB wheich had it's own ICON on teh desktop. When clicked, the DB in access would open to the switchboard automatically. I seem to remember that using macros was the key and an autoexe. Anyone have any suggestions?

You can utilize the startup options(Tools>Startup...) to open one particular form when the database opens.

The AutoExec macro would automatically run at database startup also. For it, create your macro to do what you want and then save it as "AutoExec".