Handles, handles, why so many handles?

Using Automation and Word 2000, creating a word.application object, opening a file, saving a file. Doing this over list of files in list box, about 2500 times. It is creating thousands of Handles (which I see using Win NT performance Monitor, handle Count of running vb process.

Obviously, not a good thing. Can/should I kill these handles? If so, how?

Try creating only one Word.Application object, and using that for all. Make sure that the files are closed after saving.

However, it's not the handle count that's important, more the resource load. Since you're on NT, you'll have less problems than someone on 98.