Hidden Excel In taskmanager Excel.exe Vs Microsoft Excel...

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So this took me longer to spot than I'd like to admit...

When Vba goes bad and a hidden excel application object is orphaned, the instance is still running.

I am used to ending the process (not application) Excel.exe in Windows 7 via task manager. Now I have Windows 10 and it says "Microsoft Excel..." which is only part of the name and all I am going to bother to remember as that is enough to find it.

Technically this is not a vba question but what is it different? Or how would I find out what an orphaned application would be in task manager when automating?

 

[combo]

Outside excel and without any visible excel - you can try [tt]Set xlApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")[/tt], you will get error or reference to hidden instance. You can quit it or make visible.
In word vba word [tt]Application[/tt] has [tt]Tasks[/tt] property, that allows to examine and manipulate tasks.

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