VBA automation error in CreateObject(“InternetExplorer.Application”)

Question

I am getting the an automation error while invoking the following object

Set IE = CreateObject(\"InternetExplorer.Application\")

The error

Answer 1

I just wasted 4 hours on this, and I'm facepalming at how easy the solution was. Excel creates a new activeX instance every time you run the line:

Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")

How exactly that works is out of my league, but those references stick around even after you restart excel. After a couple dozen pile up, excel runs out of memory to make more

Restart your computer, (probably an easier way, but that worked for me) and then stick the line

IE.Quit 

at the end of your code