Nothing simple that I know of. Do you have code that creates instances of
Excel (through C++, C#, VB, VBA)? If the developer does not close the
inststance prior to setting the object to Nothing then the instance will be
stuck...

dim objXL as object
set objXl = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
'do some stuff
objXL.close 'necessary to remove the instance of Excel
set objXl = nothing
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"JB2005" wrote:

Situation: Inactive or incorrectly terminated Excel process images accumulate
on server

Anyone out there with knowledge/advice on how to access a hung(?) instance
of Excel and pull information about the calling event or anything else that
may help identify the root cause?

Any auditing techniques out there that can record such events?

Your help much appreciated.