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Excel process remains open after interop; traditional method not working
private void TestExcel()
    {
        Excel.Application excel = new Excel.Application();
        Excel.Workbooks books = excel.Workbooks;
        Excel.Workbook book = books.Open("C:\test.xlsm");

        book.Close();
        books.Close();
        excel.Quit();

        Marshal.ReleaseComObject(book);
        Marshal.ReleaseComObject(books);
        Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excel);
    }

xlApp.Quit();

        //release all memory - stop EXCEL.exe from hanging around.
        if (xlWorkBook != null) { Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlWorkBook); } //release each workbook like this
        if (xlWorkSheet != null) { Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlWorkSheet); } //release each worksheet like this
        if (xlApp != null) { Marshal.ReleaseComObject(xlApp); } //release the Excel application
        xlWorkBook = null; //set each memory reference to null.
        xlWorkSheet = null;
        xlApp = null;
        GC.Collect();

public static class ComBlackBox
{
    public static void ReleaseObject(object obj)
    {
        try
        {
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(obj);
            obj = null;
        }
        catch (ArgumentException ex)
        {
            obj = null;
            MessageBox.Show("Unable to release the Object " + ex.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            GC.Collect();
        }
    }
}