>I have a form with many shapes and controls. I have several shapes stacked, and use 'Send to Back' to set things up the way I want them. Everything looks great when I save the form, but during runtime, or the next time I open my form, my shapes are stacked on top of my other controls. Am I missing a step in this process? I have packed my class and deleted and re-added my shapes, but I am starting to feel really silly.

AFAIK there was some problem with shapes in this regard. Try to search here using Cetin Basoz in the From field.