¤ I hope someone can help me with this.
¤
¤ I am opening an excel object using the:
¤  _XlApp = GetObject(, "excel.Application")
¤ syntax.  Excel, itself, is being called from a browser control.
¤
¤ I have tried microsofts suggestion
¤ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B317109 to
¤ no avail.
¤
¤ If anyone knows of anyway to terminate the excel process under these
¤ circumstances, please help.

Are you creating any implicit Excel objects? This usually occurs when you create a new application
object but don't set it to an object variable so that it can be destroyed.

You may want to post a bit more code so we can see what you are doing.

Paul ~~~ pclement@ameritech.net
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

I am having a similar problem. Here is my code:

  Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
       ' Put user code to initialize the page here
       ' Excel stuff
       ' Resist the temptation to use an Office 10 reference; webserver6
has Excel 5!
       Dim obExcelApp As Object
       Dim obWorkBook As Object
       Dim obWorkBooks As Object
       Dim obWorkSheets As Object
       Dim obWorkSheet As Object
       Dim inRow As Short
       Dim strRangeLast, strRangeFirst, strRangeDate, strRangeMethod
<snip>
       ' Open the file
       Try
           obExcelApp = Interaction.CreateObject("Excel.Application")
           Try
               obWorkBooks = obExcelApp.Workbooks
               obWorkBook = obWorkBooks.Open("M:\Travel\blah.xls")
               obWorkSheets = obWorkBook.worksheets
               obWorkSheet = obWorksheets.Item("blah")
               Dim bDone As Boolean = False
               For inRow = 3 To 99
  <snip>
               Next
               If Not bDone Then
                   txtStatus.Text += "File is too large!" & vbCrLf
               End If
               obWorkBook.Close()
           Catch ex As Exception
               txtStatus.Text += "Can't open file!" & vbCrLf
               txtStatus.Text += ex.Message & vbCrLf
           End Try
           NAR(obWorkSheet)
           NAR(obWorkSheets)
           NAR(obWorkBook)
           NAR(obWorkBooks)
           obExcelApp.quit()
       Catch ex As Exception
           txtStatus.Text += "Can't start Excel!" & vbCrLf
           txtStatus.Text += ex.Message & vbCrLf
       End Try
       NAR(obExcelApp)
       GC.Collect()
   End Sub

   ' COM object destroyer - see KB317109
   Private Sub NAR(ByVal o As Object)
       Try
           System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(o)
       Catch
       Finally
           o = Nothing
       End Try
   End Sub