VBA Auotmation - Closing IE Before IE.Quit Runs Freezes Excel - vba

Question

I have some code which closes IE after some VBA Website Automation (after waiting for a period of time).
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("00:00:55"))
IE.Quit
Set IE = Nothing
Set doc = Nothing
The problem is that if someone inadvertently closes IE before the IE.Quit code executes, Excel freezes because the IE property no longer exists.
I've tried something like this (please see below code excerpt) but Excel still freezes if it's closed before the timer executes the code (Run-Time error '462', The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable):
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("00:00:55"))
If IE Is Nothing Then
'do nothing
Else
IE.Quit
Set IE = Nothing
Set doc = Nothing
End If
Any ideas or guidance would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I'm agree with what Mathieu says. The freeze is due to the waiting is still being executed. Everything you put after Application.Wait will be executed after the waiting--which is to say after "the freeze".
You can only add On Error Resume Next after Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("00:00:55")) to avoid the error display, but you can't stop the waiting.