Originally Posted By: JOOEL

your quit line will kill that visible window too \:\)

Jooel,
Have you tried that? It does not.
Here is a simple script that you can run while you have another instance of Excel running:
;*************************************************************************
;  Script Name:  
;  Author:        Wim Rotty
;  Date:          22/08/2007
;  Description:   Open and close new workbook
;*************************************************************************
 
;Script Options
If Not @LOGONMODE
    Break On
Else
    Break Off
EndIf
Dim $RC
$RC = SetOption("Explicit", "On")
$RC = SetOption("NoMacrosInStrings", "On")
$RC = SetOption("NoVarsInStrings", "On")
If @SCRIPTEXE = "KIX32.EXE"
    $RC = SetOption("WrapAtEOL", "On")
EndIf

;Declare variables
DIM $objExcel

;Initialize variables
$objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
If @ERROR
    Exit @ERROR
EndIf

;Code
$RC = $objExcel.Workbooks.Add
$objExcel.Visible = -1
$RC = $objExcel.Quit