Excel COM object calls break with Office 2013 upgrade on 64-bit OS?

Out of the 1000+ computers in the company mine is the only one running 64-bit windows 7. I have noticed that when i try to run a small DLL i created to convert Excel files to Tab Delimited files it is crashing only on my computer.
I have debugged the source code and found that there is no real exception being thrown except a popup does appear in the background stating "We're sorry, but Excel has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Excel will need to
be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now? [Repair Now][Help][Close]"
If i open excel via the main application this same popup comes up and when i click repair excel closes. when re-opened Excel re-activates and then works fine.
here is a sample of my (VERY simple) code which has worked for years on office 2007 with 64-bit OS:
Dim excelPath As String = "C:\test.xlsx"
Try
objXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
With objXL.Application
.displayalerts = False
.Visible = False
.workbooks.Open(excelPath)
.Workbooks(ExcelFileName).SaveAs(csvPath & csvFileName, Excel.XlFileFormat.xlCurrentPlatformText, , , , , Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode.xlNoChange, , , , , )
.workbooks(csvFileName).Close(csvPath & csvFileName, savechanges:=True)
End With
Catch ex2 As Exception
Throw ex2
Finally
objXL.Quit()
objXL = Nothing
End Try
I have isolated the exact line that is causing the exception to be thrown...
.Visible = False
Why would hiding the Excel UI cause an error of "We're sorry, but Excel has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly" to be displayed?
If i remark out this line then the application seems to work properly for me...

That I do not know. Do you have another machine where Office 2013 is installed, and where you can test? It could be system configuration issue, could be a change in the application behavior or a difference between 32-bit and 64-bit. You are updating
at least a couple of generations of software and now running in a 64-bit environment so there is always the potential for changes in behavior and software defects.
Unfortunately, I do not have Office 2013 64-bit installed so I cannot test this scenario.
You could also try posting to the
Excel for Developers forum to see if anyone has encountered the same issue when using Excel automation.
Paul ~~~~ Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

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