Excel report generation does not exit excel

Question

I am using the excel report generator to save test reports.  I can create the report using a template and write to it when needed with no problems.  After every test step I add data and save the report.  I keep excel closed by using the no change setting for the window state.  I do not want the user to see excel or even know it is there.
The issue is when I am done testing and use the dispose report vi, it leaves an instance of excel open that you can see in the task manager.  And the only way to close that instance is to open one of the files that was created and close it and then exit excel.  The memory used by that instance grows a little each time a new file is created.
Labview 2011 SP1 (11.0.1.F2 32bit)
Excel 2007
How can I close excel completely after each test?
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Answer 1

I find it very hard to believe that this function isn't somewhere in the report generation toolkit.  But my 30 second look for it came up with nothing.  So instead I wrote a function that does a task kill for you.  Keep in mind this only works in Windows, and this will do the same thing as a end task in Taskmanager so only use it when you are sure your are done saving all reporting.  Saved in 2011.
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