Navigation pane in Access 2010

[Butcherk]

Hello,

This is my first post on the forum, so first of all I'll say hi!
Getting down to business: I'm developing an Access 2010 application with separate front-end and back-end and I'd like to hide the navigation pane of the front-end from users.
I've tried several options found here and there:

1. Go to File/Options/Current Database/Display Navigation Pane and I did uncheck it: it did not work (the navigation pane still appears at startup).
2. At startup, a piece of code is executed. I tried to add the following commands:

a. DoCmd.SelectObject acTable, "OneTableInTheNavigationPane", True
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdWindowHide
b. DoCmd.LockNavigationPane True
c. DoCmd.ShowToolbar "Ribbon", acToolbarNo
d. CurrentDb.Properties("StartUpShowDBWindow") = False
e. Combinations of the above

Obviously, the reason I am here is that nothing worked so far.

Is there some piece of information I'm missing that would prevent me from hiding (and locking) the navigation pane?
Thanks for your help!

[Butcherk]

Hi there,

OK, for those who might be looking for an answer here, I did find the reason why the left panel kept showing up. It shows up everytime you link a new table. So make sure you hide the panel everytime a new table is linked to your DB.

[Butcherk]

By the way, this solution is really not satisfactory. It tends to close all the open forms whenever I link a new table. This is extremely annoying. Anybody found a better way than the DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdWindowHide?
Best regards.