Powerpivot Workbook in Excel cannot be saved

Hello All,
There were some automatic updates done yesterday which made my Excel 2010 appearing in English today (instead of Swedish until yesterday), as well as making it unable to save Powerpivot workbooks (which is the part that concerns me!).
When I try to save a powerpivot workbook now, no matter the data (have even tried with a 2x2 created linked table, to check it was no problem with the amount of data) I get the error:
"errors were detected while saving 'filename'. Microsoft Excel may be able to save the file by removing or repairing some features. To make the repairs in a new file, click Continue. To cancel saving the file, click Cancel". When I click on Continue it gives
me the option to save again and when I click OK to save I get the message "Document not saved".
I found online the same error message (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-customize/errors-were-detected-while-saving-fielname/3fff1f44-431f-4bf6-bb85-116d98894d5e)
but none of these people had the problem after an update, or with Powerpivot workbooks, plus I already excluded the option of too large amount of data.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the Powerpivot add-in for Excel, still get the same error.
Any answer very much appreciated, as I need Powerpivot for my work daily.
Many thanks.
Dimitra Rentouka

Still same problem day2, plus when I am trying to open other powerpivot workbooks that I created before the problem came up I get the message "Unable to load the VertiPaq engine". Looking online
I find this as a solution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2025669 which does not work for me as obviously the Powerpivot window keeps loading without result and giving me the same message. Any clues? Anyone?

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Excel cannot complete this task with available resources.... running windows 8 office 2013

excel cannot complete this task with available resources.choose less data or close other applications.
m currently running windows 8 with office 2013 version. need help pplz

Hi,
Did you get the error message "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources error" in Excel 2013?
Could you give me more detailed information? Which action caused the error message? Such as:
      Open or save an Excel workbook
     Open an Excel workbook that references a relative name from another workbook
     Use a defined name in a formula in an Excel workbook
     Define or delete a name in an Excel workbook
Please go to the folder,
and delete all the files in that folder.
C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel
If the issue still exists, I recommend you try to follow the links to troubleshooting it :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2779852/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655178/en-us
The links apply to Excel 2010, but we can refer to it.
If you had more information, I'll do deeply research.
Regards,
George Zhao
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Excel cannot complete this task with available resources. Choose less data or close other applications

Hello:
I'm using Excel 2010 and when I try to open several workbooks a message "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources. Choose less data or close other applications" appears. This happens when I open email attachments from MS Outlook
and files on my C-Drive.
Thank you for your help

Hi NFL1,
Could you tell me which version of office are you using, 32bit or 64bit? You said this issue always happened when open attachments from outlook and files in C-Driver.
For opening attachments from outlook, it might there is a conflict between the preview pane and Excel. You can try to hide the preview pane as a workaround to solve this issue. Please refer to this link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2526883
It is often the case, if your file is large or contains a large amount of features, it is possible you are running low on available memory resources. If you work with extremely large data sets, the 64-bit version of Office may perform better for you. 32-bit
office you run are limited to making use of only 2GB of RAM. And this is one of the reasons occur the issue, you can via these links to get more information about this issue and detailed methods to solve this problem.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2779852
http://blogs.technet.com/b/the_microsoft_excel_support_team_blog/archive/2012/05/22/quot-excel-cannot-complete-this-task-with-available-resources-quot-after-installing-ms12-030.aspx
Please try these methods and let me know if they work, I am glad to help and forward to your reply.
Regards,

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