How to Re-Create Full-Text Indexes

This topic explains how to re-create full-text indexes.

Procedure

To re-create full-text indexes

1. Open Exchange System Manager. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.

2. In Exchange System Manager, navigate to the storage group where you want to create the full-text index.

   Navigating to a storage group

   

3. Right-click the mailbox or public folder store that you want to index, and then click Create Full-Text Index.

4. For each mailbox store or public folder store where you performed Step 3 of this procedure, right-click each store again, and then click Start Full Population.

5. For each index that you want to make available for full-text index searching, right-click the mailbox store or public folder store, click Properties, click the Full-Text Indexing tab, and then select the This index is currently available for searching by clients check box.

   Enabling the indexes for searching

   

6. Set the update interval by selecting one of the default options from the drop-down list or click Customize, to customize the schedule.