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I stumbled over this one the other day and I (luckily) discovered the solution by accident. When configuring MySite in SharePoint 2013 you are prompted to give up the URL for your search center. Now, if you’ve set up an Enterprise Search Center as I’ve done redirecting you to the correct result pages will fail when doing a search from MySite. Leaving you with an “The page you're looking for doesn't exist”-error. (Yes, another of MS meaningful errors). The error you’ll discover is that you’ve most likely entered something like http://theUrlFor/MySearchCenter on the MySite configuration, while it should have been http://theUrlFor/MySearchCenter/pages Problem: When searching from MySite you get “The page you're looking for doesn't exist” Reason: The search URL is wrong and SharePoint cannot find the pages that display the search results. Solution: The solution giving you least headache is to use the SharePoint PowerShell and execute the following lines: ...

I've been working with SharePoint 2013 lately and I came across a problem trying to upload design files for the design manager. This problem occurs when developing directly on Windows Server 2008 R2.  When mapping the provided link to your computer like explained here (MSDN) , you get an error "The network name cannot be found." As many other problems you'll find when developing on a server this is due to a missing feature. The solution to the problem is enabling "Desktop Experience" feature. Go to the Server Manager and click on "Features" in the left side tree structure. In the main pane click "Add Feature" and check the "Desktop Experience" box. Follow the instructions and make sure to save your work because the Server will have to reboot  on finish. When logged in you'll find that mapping the location to your computer will work.