"Phil Galey" <pagaley@starcalif.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uhaM1266FHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have a VB.NET application that instantiates a COM object from a DLL
using
> New(). As the application is closing, it sets the object to Nothing and
> does a GC.Collect, but the process does not get removed from memory. It
> remains running and listed in Task Manager.
>
> Even if I create a process object using GetProcessesByName and then close
or
> kill the process, it still persists and GetProcessesByName still finds
that
> process running.
>
> Does .NET have a "bigger hammer" for bidding fairwell to stubborn
processes
> like this one? Thanks.
>
>