Why then are you opening another instance of Excel?
What happens when you run your code in the existing instance of Excel?

As far as the new instance of Excel remaining open -
a common cause is the creation of "orphan" references that prevent Excel from closing.
Those can result from the use of unqualified references such as ActiveSheet or Range ("A1").
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Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA



"MikeZz"
wrote in message
I'm using Excel 2003 with SP3 installed.



"Jim Cone" wrote:
Which office application are you using to run your code?
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Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA