Cannot Enable Spotlight Server - "The item couldn’t be added or removed because of an unknown error"

[MacWorks]

Hopefully someone can assist here:

 

Reinstalled Big Sur 11.4 and Repaired Permissions On The Data Folder in Recovery.

 

When I run "sudo mdutil -i on"  I get a message that Spotlight Server is disabled. Same with "Sudo mdutil –E /"

 

If I drag the hard drive in the System Prefs > Spotlight > Privacy, I get the response "Privacy Error - The item couldn’t be added or removed because of an unknown error."

 

Any help highly appreciated

[MacWorks]

Trying to rebuild in Alfred:

"Spotlight Server Is Disabled"

 

[deanishe]

7 hours ago, MacWorks said:

Same with "Sudo mdutil –E /"

 

Try this: sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

 

[MacWorks]

I must have tried every incantation except the one you suggested @deanishe ! This worked perfectly. 

 

Thank you very much. 🙏 You are a hero!