Hi Jeff,
There are a few things I do to fix this problem. First, I declare my oExcel object as local at the top of the program, and then just pass it as a parameter to any procedures that need it. Secondly, after you do oExcel.quit(), you want to say oExcel = .NULL., and THEN release oExcel. This clears the excel object out of memory, and sets it equal to 'NOTHING'. Hopefully this rectifies your issue, as it did mine.