not tried but will, I'll have to store all the filenames somewhere for a batch print when required I guess.

noted a mention of for each loops causing issues and got a bit excited, however I dont use them at all! the only other thing is I create the excel instance with
oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
I don't suppose I'd be better with oExcel = CreateObject("Excel") and then getting reference to the application?

I was under the assumption that application.quit() would clean up it's parent anyway.

oh well thanks for all the help, off to try again...