Ok, do you at least have the last service pack? Also, about my other question. When you use the task manager, can you switch to the Excel application? At this point, I can only suggest you temporarily change your code to make Excel visible (if it's not now) and then, after closing it in your code, try switching to it using the task bar. Does anything happen?

Alan

>Windows 98, and VFP 5.
>Unfortunatelly I have to work at this environment...