Quote Originally Posted by brucevde
The gray circle signifies the current Value of the date picker. There is no way to get rid of it by setting a property. There may be a way using the API or Subclassing the control.
Which means you should be able to get rid of it by doing
VB Code:
  1. Private Sub Form_Load()
  2. DTPicker1.Value = Format(Now, "mm/dd/yyyy")
  3. End Sub