Hidden Processes

[M T]

Have anyone encountered the excel is running a hidden
process (know by looking up in Task Manager), but not
knowing it is running on the desktop? (because the desktop
does not show Excel is running.)
If so, any solution?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Yep.

If you're using winNT (or higher??), you can alt-ctrl-delete, and look at the
Processes tab--not the application.

For win98, I've used a shareware program called OutOfSight to move those hidden
processes to visible.

But you could also use a .vbs script. Keep running it until it returns
nothing. (and keep closing each one that's made visible):

Copy this to notepad and save it as: UnHideXL.VBS

====================

dim myXL
On Error Resume Next
Set myXL = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
If Err.Number = 429 Then
msgbox "excel is not running"
else
myxl.visible = true
end If
On Error GoTo 0
Set myxl = nothing

=====================

Then just run this script to clean things up.

 

[M T]

Thanks for the suggestion. Do you think this is a bug in
Excel? or Something else?

-----Original Message-----
Yep.

If you're using winNT (or higher??), you can alt-ctrl- delete, and look at the
Processes tab--not the application.

For win98, I've used a shareware program called

OutOfSight to move those hidden

 

[Dave Peterson]

An unscientific guess that's unencumbered by the thought process:

I'd guess it was more of a windows problem--or a combination of both.

I've seen the same thing with outlook. (Hmmmm. Maybe it's an MS problem <bg>.)