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Issue: Most of our clients were having issue while opening the Excel files from their SharePoint sites using Excel web access webpart after an upgrade from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010.

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Troubleshooting done:

- Adding the URL in trusted file location.

- Change the settings to open the document with client application form document library. .

Resolution:

After some investigation we found this Blog from the technet , which talks about the same problem:

- Rebooting the server will remedy this, but that is not realistic.

- You can run IISReset /noforce that too should remedy the issue.

- To avoid a complete IISReset, you can manually recycle the Application Pool Running Excel Services. (Please check the blog for additional info)

http://blogs.technet.com/b/excel_services__powerpivot_for_sharepoint_support_blog/archive/2013/01/24/excel-services-2010-quot-unable-to-process-the-request-quot-maximum-private-bytes-size-exceeded-unable-to-complete-the-operation.aspx