NullReferenceException is thrown on start up of the application, when the IsMinimized property of RadRibbonView is set to True initially. For example, if you set it in XAML.

To work this around, set the IsMinimized property in the Loaded event handler of RadRibbonView.

private void RadRibbonView_Loaded(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
	var ribbonView = (RadRibbonView)sender;
	ribbonView.IsMinimized = true;
}