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

Try this:

wbs.Close()
excel.Quit()
del excel # this line removed it from task manager in my case

Answer 2

Python should handle the lifecycle of the COM object. Just set excel = None. See this for reference:

# CH9 says: Python manages COM lifetimes automatically for you; when your excel 
#           variable is no longer used, Excel automatically closes. In Python,
#           the simplest way to remove this variable is to assign it to another 
#           value. If you use the following code, notice that Excel vanishes 
#           from the screen; it knows there are no longer any programs referring to it. 

src:

http://www.icodeguru.com/WebServer/Python-Programming-on-Win32/ch05.htm#:~:text=xl%20=%20None

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

I have this in my files that use Excel:

self.excel.Application.Quit()