Error: No open windows found for 'excel.exe'

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Hi everybody
Has anyone seen the following error before?
No open windows found for ‘excel.exe’. Please check if the application is running.

I’m trying to do the following:
ProcessA invokes ProcessB
ProcessB opens an excel file for editing (via ExcelScope). The file closes.
ProcessB ends.
ProcessA opens the same file for editing (ExcelScope).

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Hi @almin.muratagic
Welcome to UiPath community
The excel is opening or not while execution?

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Not from ProcessA.

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One more thing: If ProcessA DOES NOT invoke ProcessB, then the excel file is opened in ProcessA without problems.

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@almin.muratagic
Could you give some delay after invoke process b and check?

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I can try.
I’ve set InstanceCachePeriod to zero to shut Excel down as fast as possible.

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@almin.muratagic you could add kill process(excel.exe) or close activity after invoke workflow file activity

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How I can close an activity manually?

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@almin.muratagic I mean click activity on close symbol of excel file