Closing hidden instances of winword.exe

[Ron]

I'm running XP Pro and Office Pro 2003.

Is there a way to close these hidden instances? No document is opened so you can't distinguish them in the Tasks collection.

Alternatively is there a way to close the processes (image names) in the Task Manager via VBA? The Tasks collection doesn't work.

 

[Jonathan West]

Is this a hidden instance that you have opened as a result of your code?


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I'm running XP Pro and Office Pro 2003.

Is there a way to close these hidden instances? No document is opened so

you can't distinguish them in the Tasks collection.

Alternatively is there a way to close the processes (image names) in the

Task Manager via VBA? The Tasks collection doesn't work.

 

[Ron]

I've had instances where it was.

I also have instances where a user opens Word, closes the new blank default document, minimizes Word and then I need to close it.

 

[Jonathan West]

I've had instances where it was.

I also have instances where a user opens Word, closes the new blank

default document, minimizes Word and then I need to close it.

Go to www.mvps.org/vb/, select the Samples link on the left, and scroll down
until you come to the TaskList.zip sample. Drop the clss module into your
VB6 or VBA application, and you should be set to go.

 

[Jezebel]

You can get a reference to the hidden instances using GetObject. Make sure
it's not your current instance, then close it. Repeat until no instances are
returned.

I'm running XP Pro and Office Pro 2003.

Is there a way to close these hidden instances? No document is opened so

you can't distinguish them in the Tasks collection.

Alternatively is there a way to close the processes (image names) in the

Task Manager via VBA? The Tasks collection doesn't work.