C#からExcelへのデータ書き込みがExcelウィンドウを開くと中断される

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Threading; // for sleep
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel; 

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int i = 3; // there is a split pane at row two
            Excel.Application xlApp;
            Excel.Workbook xlWorkBook;
            Excel.Worksheet xlWorkSheet;

            try 
            { 
                object misValue = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

                xlApp = new Excel.Application();
                xlApp.Visible = false;
                xlWorkBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Add(misValue);

                xlApp.Visible = true;
                xlWorkSheet = (Excel.Worksheet)xlWorkBook.Worksheets.get_Item(1);
                // next 2 lines for split pane in Excel:
                xlWorkSheet.Application.ActiveWindow.SplitRow = 2; 
                xlWorkSheet.Application.ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = true;
                xlWorkSheet.Cells[1, 1] = "Now open the";
                xlWorkSheet.Cells[2, 1] = "Excel Options window";
            }
            catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException)
            {
                System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Microsoft Excel does not seem to be installed on this computer any longer (although there are still registry entries for it). Please save to a .tem file. (1)");
                  return;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Microsoft Excel does not seem to be installed on this computer any longer (although there are still registry entries for it). Please save to a .tem file. (2)");
                return;
            }

            while(i < 65000)
            {
                i++;

                try
                {
                    xlWorkSheet.Cells[i, 1] = i.ToString();
                    Thread.Sleep(1000);
                }
                catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException)
                {
                    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("All right, what do I do here?");
                }
                catch (Exception) 
                {
                    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Something else happened.");    
                }
            }

            Console.ReadLine(); //Pause
        }
    }
}