WinWord.exe won't quit after calling Word.Documents.Add - Word .NET Interop

Question

I\'m running into the classic scenario where, when creating Word COM objects in .NET (via the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word assembly), the WinWord process won\'t exit even t

Answer 1

I've only done Excel automation, but have run into similar problems. Referencing some old code, the final step in closing has the line GC.Collect()

This article mentions it too: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317109