In a container form I have menu and buttons to open ther forms.

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If it is a MDI application and you put controls in the parent window then they will be shown on top of any created child windows. You need to have your menu in a child window also, not on the parent form.
Look at this Article and this.
expecially this:
The parent Form may not contain any controls. >
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