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

You should not discard the document object created in Word.Documents.Add. Save and call Marshal.ReleaseComObject on every COM object you get from automation when you are done, that is, if you do not cache the objects anywhere.