Excel 2010 Ribbon Customization - startfromscratch=true not affecting built-in tabs

[gsistek]

I can't seem to figure this one out.
I am creating an Excel application for some co-workers that will require strict control over what they are allowed to do. I want to hide the ribbon tabs, but anytime I use the startfromscratch attribute and/or set the visibility of the individual tabs (using visible="false" or getVisible=...) there is no effect. I have searched online and found the xml to replace tabs with my own custom tabs, but that simply creates a duplicate of each tab. Xml is not my strength, so I am looking for any help I can get. Any ideas?​

 

[gsistek]

I found the culprit. I have a third party addin for pulling database information from a SQL server (Jet). Disabling this addin fixes the issue. That just means a little bit more coding to enable/disable the addin in the open/close/activate/deactivate events.