Hi,
Not having all the details makes it difficult to diagnose the problem, but, it would appear that the manual closing of word is leaving handles open.

Try closing the word instance from VFP, the following link may help http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246021&Product=fox

>Hi, David
>WinWord instance was manually closed before form is unloading. And all object references were assigned to local variables in separate procedure. After form finished 1st time there are 2 data sessions: default and Unknown. Second time another Uknown DS appears.
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>With regards, Vassili Medvedev