I´ve already done that. I´m on w95, but pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL does not show any excel reference.

Even from the program, if I don´t use:
MyExcel.activeworkbook.pagesetup.centerheader = "my header"
it frees memory correctly, but using this line makes the problem show up.

Any further help?

>Hi, Cristóbal:
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>Again, if you are running NT and check the task list, do you still see the Excel object in the running processes? If you're running W95 or98, and you press CTRL-ALT-DEL, do you still see an Excel object after running your code?
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>Just by releaseing MyExcel, you are not shutting down the application. You are just releasing the VFP object reference. You probably need something like a MyExcel.Quit (or similar).
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>>If I run the following lines from the command window, the amount of available memory stays the same
>...snip