Deselecting A Range

I have some code to remove the formulas from all sheets prior to emailing the workbook.

The code does remove the formula, but when I try to select a single cell (IE deselect the copy/paste range), I get an error 1004... "Select Method of Range Class Failed".

This error persists with any use of "Select", or "Activate"...
"Application.Goto Reference" works, but only on the first sheet, and not on subsequent sheets.

The code used/tried is;

'Remove formulas
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
With ws
.UsedRange.Copy
.UsedRange.PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
.Range("A3").Select
'.Range("A3").Activate
'.Cells(3, 1).Select
'.Cells(3, 1).Activate
'Application.Goto Reference:="R3C1"
.Range("C1").Value = CommName
.Protect (Password)
End With
Next ws

why ".Select" & ".Activate" methods fail? (this seems like the logical way to do this), or alternative ways to deselect the active range?