The keytips not activating after splash form is closed and alt key is pressed. For the keytips of RadRibbonBar to break, the splash form (or any other form that appears before the form containing RadRibbonBar) should contain a RadControl. The workaround is to unregister the shortcuts that the RadControl in the splash form has. For example: ChordMessageFilter.UnregisterChordsConsumer(this.radTitleBar1.Behavior.Shortcuts); This line assumes that there is a RadTitleBar on the splash form.