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The Tools menu provides commands to perform analytical operations.
Index Case opens the Index Case dialog, where you include (or exclude) files in the indexing
process. You can select a noise file, which is a list of stop words (words that will not be
indexed).
Webmail Parser opens the Webmail Parser dialog, where you select the webmail vendors
whose account files are to be parsed.
Case Processor starts the EnScript Case Processor script. You can also start it by opening the
Forensic and Enterprise trees in the Filter pane and double‐clicking. The shortcut hot key to
start it is Alt+P.
Sweep Enterprise starts the EnScript Sweep Enterprise EnScript script. You can also start it
by opening the Forensic and Enterprise trees in the Filter pane and double‐clicking. The
shortcut hot key is Alt+S.
Search opens the Search dialog, where you determine
which files are searched
define keyword searches
perform email searches
hash computing, and
other search options
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Logon opens the Logon wizard, where you can log on to the enterprise LAN.
Logoff logs you off the enterprise LAN.
Wipe Drive opens the Wipe Drive wizard, where you select media you want to completely
erase. After using Wipe Drive, you must format the media.
Verify Evidence Files opens the Verify Evidence Files browser, where you select files to be
verified. Verifying checks the Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) values to ensure evidence
was not altered.
Create Boot Disk opens the Create Boot Disk wizard to create a LinEn boot disk.
Mount as Network Share Client opens the Mount as Network Share dialog, where you
specify the IP address of the server to be mounted.
Options opens the Options dialog, where you define global settings for EnCase, such as
default file locations for a new case
fonts to use
highlighting colors seen in the table pane
date and time formats
Refresh updates the EnCase views based on the content of the folder displayed in the lists or
trees. Use this command when you use Windows to add files to the folders of an open case.
EnCase is not aware of these changes until you refresh the lists and trees.
Help Menu
The Help menu provides commands that access information and perform tasks associated with
using your EnCase
®
application.
Using the Help menu you can
display the readme help file
register your application
find out about your application
get information about your license,
learn what modules are installed, and other information.
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Whatʹs New displays the EnCase Release Notes as a help file.
Register EnCase displays the application registration page, where you can
Find your dongle serial number
If connected to the Internet, register your application
If not connected to the internet, find instructions on how to register your application
About EnCase tells you which version of EnCase, and which modules, you have installed.
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Toolbar
The toolbar provides icons for the most frequently used EnCase® program functionality.
The toolbar displays on the main window. It contains icons for performing the most frequent
tasks in the current application mode or context. When EnCase
®
opens in acquisition mode, only
the
New, Open, Print, and
Refresh icons appear in the toolbar. Once a case is opened, the
Add
Device icon appears. When the application is an enterprise application, the
Logon icon appears,
and once logged on, the Logoff icon displays.
Figure 5
The Main Window Toolbar in Different Modes and Contexts, showing 1) Acquisition mode, and
the rest in EnCase Enterprise 2) before logging in and opening a case, 3) after logging in and opening a
case, 4) with an acquired device selected from the Entries tree, and 5) with an entry selected from the
Entries table.
There is a corresponding menu command for each toolbar icon.
When the toolbar is wider than the main window, the toolbar wraps to another line.
Some icons are enabled only when they are useful, such as Print and Refresh.
The panes and the tabs in the toolbars also provide context‐ dependent icons for functionality,
accessed through context‐ dependent, right‐click menus provided in those features.
Figure 6
A Context‐dependent Icon and Its Associated Right‐Click Menu Command, where 1) is the
context for the right‐click menu, and 2) is the corresponding menu command and toolbar icon. The Find
command opens the Find dialog where a search string can be defined that searches within the content
highlighted in the View pane.