The behavior of Enterprise Vault shortcuts depends on the version of SharePoint on which the shortcuts were created, as follows:
Shortcuts created on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007). Shortcuts behave exactly like SharePoint documents. They use the same icons as the corresponding archived documents.
Shortcuts created on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (WSS) or Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS 2003). These shortcuts have a number of limitations, including the following:
Shortcuts cannot be used in SharePoint Workflows. To maintain workflow information after SharePoint workflow items have been archived, Enterprise Vault never replaces workflow items with shortcuts.
Shortcuts open in the associated application but changes to the document are saved to the browser's local temp folder, not to SharePoint.
Existing links to a document break because the shortcut does not have the same URL as the original document.