jon peck cbscmdayayaleedu message 4 date wed 27 feb 2008 160733 0000 tim golden subject pythonwin32 launching new instance application cc kpitckaew45pythonorg messageid 47c58ac58070507timgoldenmeuk contenttype textplain charsetiso88591 formatflowed jon peck wrote need launch excel python application using win32com want sure get new instance whether excel already running best way httptimgoldenmeukpythonwin32_how_do_istartanewcominstancehtml tjg peck jon thanks pointer worked perfectly spirit self help could found dispatchex documentation would explained website regards jon peck jon k peck cbscmdgmailcom 5059831955 tue 05 aug 2008 212918 0700 pythonwin32 launch new instance excel