Excel 2007 automation on top of a Windows Server 2008 x64

Question

I’m well aware of the Microsoft support base article stating that it’s not supported to automate office products UI less. It seems that Windows Server 2008 x64 and Excel

Answer 1

I've quite often found that calling Quit() isn't enough to release the resources. Try adding: -

System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excel);

between the Quit() statement and setting it to null.