>Hi David,
>
>Just wanted to say to you, that you're not alone with this problem. On VFP Russian Club I found more than 6 threads on the same topic (e.g. Excel remains in memory/task lisk after loExcel.quit, release loExcel commands were issued).

This is normal behavior for Excel (I think starting with Excel 2000). It stays in memory to facilitate loading it faster if you reopen it. I'm pretty sure it happens when you use it interactively, too.

Tamar