Configuring Windows Desktop Search

If you have enabled the Enterprise Vault plug-in for Windows Desktop Search, then users can use Windows Desktop Search to search their local Vault Cache. Before they can do this, they need to start Outlook and the Windows Desktop Search.

They can use the following steps to check that the Vault Cache and Virtual Vault are configured in Windows Desktop Search indexing, and force Windows Desktop Search to index archived items.

To check the Windows Desktop Search options

Right-click the Windows Desktop Search icon in the Windows taskbar, and then click Windows Desktop Search Options.
In the Indexing Options dialog box, click Modify.
In the Change selected locations list, ensure that the entry for your Virtual Vault is selected. In addition, if the Symantec Vault Cache location appears in the list, ensure that it is selected.
Click OK.
Close the Indexing Options dialog box.

When your computer is idle, Windows Desktop Search updates its index to include the items in your Vault Cache.

To check whether the indexing of Vault Cache items has completed

Right-click the Windows Desktop Search icon in the Windows taskbar, and then click Indexing Status.

If you want to force Windows Desktop Search to update the index, click Index Now. This activity can take some time, depending on the size of your Vault Cache.