VB.NET – Close Excel.exe process

Sub demo()
 Dim xls As New Excel.Application
 Dim book As Excel.Workbook
 Dim oSheet As Excel.Worksheet
 xls.Workbooks.Open("Test.xlsx")
 book = xls.ActiveWorkbook
 oSheet = book.ActiveSheet 

 oSheet .Cells(1, 2).Value = "testing"

 book.Save()
 book.Close()
 xls.Workbooks.Close()
 xls.Quit()

 System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oSheet)
 System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(book)
 System.Runtime.InteropServices .Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xls)
 oSheet = Nothing
 book = Nothing
 xls = Nothing
 GC.Collect()
End Sub

Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName("name");
foreach (Process proc in procs)
 proc.Kill( );

The code below works, but excel The .exe process still runs, even if I quit Excel. I am using Office 2013 and refer to the correct import of Office.Interop.Excel

What am I missing

Sub demo()
 Dim xls As New Excel.Application
 Dim book As Excel.Workbook
 Dim oSheet As Excel.Worksheet
 xls.Workbooks.Open(" Test.xlsx")
 book = xls.ActiveWorkbook
 oSheet = book.ActiveSheet 

 oSheet.Cells(1, 2).Value = "testing"
< br /> book.Save()
 book.Close()
 xls.Workbooks.Close()
 xls.Quit()

 System.Runtime.InteropServices .Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oSheet)
 System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(book)
 System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xls)
 oSheet = Nothing
 book = Nothing
 xls = Nothing
 GC.Collect()
End Sub

If you still have problems, are you trying to kill the process?

Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName("name");
foreach (Process proc in procs)
 proc.Kill( );

I don’t know if it will work the way you want, but this is an idea.