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It is a core capability of SharePoint Server that enables end-users to search a document or a content in a SharePoint site.

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Opening PDF Files in a Browser from search result

I think that the Microsoft Support Team has found the solution, apply the CU December 2014, which has solved the problem: Issues that this hotfix package fixes -> When you try to open a .pdf file fr …
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SharePoint 2013 search error - no endpoint listening

Typically this error is due to date and time settings on the server. If you have multiple servers in sharepoint farm then make sure all server have the same date and time settings. Most importantly …
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People Search error Internal server error exception: System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: ...

There are many reasons for this type of error, it is really great if you give us the complete trace of ULS logs. to get complete trace just run the below script accoridng to your locations. Merge-SPL …
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Can we have mouseover videos previews in SharePoint Search hover panel? like in Bing.com

Yes, it is available in SharePoint,Videos have an embedded viewer so you can take a look before clicking through. Result Types! We don’t squeeze all of the above into a single hover panel for every r …
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Programatically remove item from search index immediately in SharePoint 2013

Remove an item from the search index To remove an item from the search index Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is an administrator for the Search service application. On …
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SharePoint 2013 crawler can't crawl unrelated SharePoint web app on unrelated farm

I think, your crawl account(Content Access Account) should have the read permission to that web app. Did you set that permission. For anonymous web application, follow this link. http://www.sharepo …
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Cannot Crawl or Update Search Settings with Admin Role (SP2013 On-Premise)

This is caused by insufficient permissions for the search service account on the SharePoint Server. Verify that no group policies have been set on the local user groups 'WSS_WPG' and 'WSS_ADMIN_WPG'. …
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Does changing the SharePoint Server 2013 Search Service Application Topology requires reinde...

In my opnion, it does not required the full crawl. But i would do the full crawl to make sure the everything is working fine. Here are the event which required or auto trigger full crawl. Reasons for …
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Where can I find the "queryparametertemplate.xml" file?

You have to create the XML file and upload it to the site collection. please see below. Configuring SharePoint 2013 Search for anonymous users To enable anonymous Search REST queries Enable anonymous …
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SharePoint Search - Force pdf to open in Adobe

You need to enable the client Intergration feature. In SharePoint Central Administration site, click Application Management->Manage Web Applications, select the web application for the site. Click A …
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How to resolve errors with Event IDs 6482 and 6398 in SharePoint 2013?

clearly, it is SPN issue. You have to make sure the SPN properly created.Could you please run the setspn and get list of all SPN which already created. if you need to allow delegated administrator …
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Indexing PDF in SP2013: iFilter parser error, No filter installed for extension 'pdf'

I am sure you index will be fine after installing or uninstalling but you have to have run the full crawl after this activity. I think you should remove the custom ifilter as it is trial version and …
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