Accessing an open Excel Workbook in C#

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Instead of instantiating a new instance, check for an existing one:

try
{
  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application app = 
      System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Excel.Application");
}
catch
{
  // Excel is not running.
}

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