Sep 07 2022 02:34 PM
I have several excel reports that run as scheduled tasks to email reports. All exit paths that I have found include an Application.Quit. As scheduled tasks, these reports run as a Background Process.
When they run, they include the entire activation string as the command line.
program files (x86)\...\Excel.exe /r filename.xlsm /p /argumentstring
But, sometimes a Background Process is created that shows in taskmgr in the command line
EXCEL.EXE /restore.
This task never ends and has to be killed manually in Taskmgr. Over the course of a week, a significant number of orphan processes collect.
I have searched and searched for a /restore option for Excel. The closest was /r for readonly.
Does anyone have an idea what the /restore argument is for this Excel process and what could cause it to be created? If Iknew what
Jan 26 2023 10:23 AM
@don_mau have you managed to get to the bottom of this ?
Jan 26 2023 11:41 AM