Thanks for the suggestion - this more or less came from
"microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript"

openexcel

Sub openexcel()

MsgBox "Start"

Dim xlObj

Set xlObj = CreateObject("excel.application")
xlObj.Workbooks.Open "C:\Folder\FileName.xls"
xlObj.Run "MacroName"
xlObj.ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
xlObj.ActiveWindow.Close
xlObj.Quit
Set xlObj = Nothing

MsgBox "End"

End Sub


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