When I run that exact code in VBA it creates and ends the new instance of
XL... I assume that is not your experience. To that end this is just a shot
in the dark. You create a workbook but you don't close the book prior to
deleting your object reference to the book. Perhaps add a close somehitn like
this...

Sub Test()
Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set WBs = oXL.Workbooks
Set Wkbk = WBs.Add
Wkbk.Close Save:=False 'or something like this
Set Wkbk = Nothing
Set WBs = Nothing
oXL.Quit
Set oXL = Nothing
End Sub

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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


" wrote:

Why does this code keep an Excel instance hanging around? I free all
the COM objects:


Sub Test()
Set oXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set WBs = oXL.Workbooks
Set Wkbk = WBs.Add
Set Wkbk = Nothing
Set WBs = Nothing
oXL.Quit
Set oXL = Nothing
End Sub

If I remove the WBs.Add line then the instance disappears as it
should; what hidden object is created there and how do I free it?