I just completed a reboot and ran the macro.
1. When I ran the Excel macro, it opened the Word application then a
document, then made Excel not visible, and ran the Word macro. This
macro starts off by asking for user input from a UserForm. All I saw
was the Microsoft Explorer while the Word application and UserForm was
hidden behind this.
2. When I reopened Excel after everything was done, I get the message
"Personal.xls is locked for editing." (This is where my macro is
stored.)

As I keep playing with commands I get different items at different
times, so I am not sure what the issues are.