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To work around this behavior, call the
Workbook_Activate event from the code that closes the active workbook, for example:
Sub Launch_workbook_event()
' The (1) is the index number for the first opened workbook.
' You can use the specific workbook name instead.
Workbook(1).Activate
ThisWorkbook.Close
End Sub