closing object - removing from memory

PoSH crew,

How can I cleanly close an object and remove it from memory? I've been
reading most of the day and trying things but I can't figure it out (I can
use get-process/stop-process, but there must be a friendlier way).

Specifically I am creating a Excel object:

>$xl = new-object -com excel.application

How can I close this object and clear it from memory?

>$xl.quit()

does nothin'

Cheers,
Neil

actually, Klumsy on #powershell pointed out to me that the object had
actually ended but a couple of things can be done to speed up recovery:

1 - nuke the variable
>del variable:\xl

2 - Invoke the Garbage Collector

[gc]::Collect()


:-)
"Neil Chambers" <nospamplease@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:EA2BA9DE-300A-4D30-8CB6-10D896414991@microsoft.com...
> PoSH crew,
>
> How can I cleanly close an object and remove it from memory? I've been
> reading most of the day and trying things but I can't figure it out (I can
> use get-process/stop-process, but there must be a friendlier way).
>
> Specifically I am creating a Excel object:
>
>>$xl = new-object -com excel.application
>
> How can I close this object and clear it from memory?
>
>>$xl.quit()
>
> does nothin'
>
> Cheers,
> Neil

Many objects have a Dispose() method

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"Neil Chambers" wrote:

> actually, Klumsy on #powershell pointed out to me that the object had
> actually ended but a couple of things can be done to speed up recovery:
>
> 1 - nuke the variable
> >del variable:\xl
>
> 2 - Invoke the Garbage Collector
>
> [gc]::Collect()
>
>
> :-)
> "Neil Chambers" <nospamplease@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:EA2BA9DE-300A-4D30-8CB6-10D896414991@microsoft.com...
> > PoSH crew,
> >
> > How can I cleanly close an object and remove it from memory? I've been
> > reading most of the day and trying things but I can't figure it out (I can
> > use get-process/stop-process, but there must be a friendlier way).
> >
> > Specifically I am creating a Excel object:
> >
> >>$xl = new-object -com excel.application
> >
> > How can I close this object and clear it from memory?
> >
> >>$xl.quit()
> >
> > does nothin'
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Neil
>