Create an instance of Word that doesn't interfere with normal Word usage

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LetsGoHiking

My VB6 applicaiton is creating an instance of the Word application.
During the running of my program, a user may run MS Word normally
(like from the START menu item) to do unrelated tasks. If the user
first shuts down my app the user gets upset, as my program will call
the Word Application objects Quit() method, which shuts down the
instance of Word my program created, BUT ALSO kills the instance of
the program the user instantiated.

It appears the two instances are really the same. So the question is,
how to I create an instance of the Word Application that won't
interfere with my end users independent use of the Word application?

Thank you for any and all responses.
 

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