Can't close Excel completely using win32com on Python

Question

This is my code, and I found many answers for VBA, .NET framework and is pretty strange. When I execute this, Excel closes.

from win32com.client import Dispa         


        

Answer 1

What worked for me was making sure to de-reference any variables that you assigned along the way like so:

import win32com.client as win32

fileDirectory = 'Hello World.xlsx'

#excelFile = win32.Dispatch('Excel.Application')
excelFile = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Excel.Application')

excelFile.Visible = True
excelFile.DisplayAlerts = True

wb = excelFile.Workbooks.Open(fileDirectory)
ws = wb.Sheets("Sell")

ws.Range("D1").Value = "Hello World!"
ws = None

wb.Close(False)
wb = None

excelFile.Quit()
excelFile = None

It worked with either Dispatch format.