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Closing Excel "Argument 'Instance' must be 'Excel instance'.

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Posted on by Langer1544

I'm running a flow where I am launching an excel file and then closing it. It opens it no problem, but when it tries to close it it stops and flashes an error Argument 'Instance' must be 'Excel instance' I am using the same Excel Instance I used to launch the document. What could be causing this error?

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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Can you take screenshots and show us?

Make sure %ExcelInstance% is in percentage signs as it is considered a variable.

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Pavel_NaNoi 1,074 on at

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I remember this being an issue in older versions of PAD where if the instance of excel wasn't visible / focused it would throw an error like that, not sure if that applies to you, check your version and if possible, run PAD in Admin mode.

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sunilb Microsoft Employee on at

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hi, please try killing all excel instances from the taskmanger and try. Hope it will help you.

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