diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index 2f485e58..c0aa6a0e 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 					System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().Kill();
 				}
 			}
+			// If first time close any remaining WinWords.  These will sometimes get hung in memory and cause problems.
+			if (System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName).Length == 1)
+				Volian.MSWord.WordDoc.KillWordApps();
 			// cleanup from previous run:
 			Volian.Base.Library.TmpFile.RemoveAllTmps();