Leep,
The switchboard is just a form, so the easiest way is to go to Tools>Startup ... then set the combobox for the form to be opened at startup to switchbox. While being there, you might like to have a look at the other settings.
But an Openform in a macro called Autoexec should work also. That's executed automatically at startup.
Be aware that keeping shift pressed will inhibit a lot of this to work. Don't tell the user!
Kees
I am running Access 2000 with all the latest updated and I want to know if it is possible to have a switchboard automatically load when a database is opened. I tried following the instructions found here:
http://www.techonthenet.com/access/switchboard/maximize.php
but I do not have the onload option it is talking about. Any thoughts? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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