Sandboxie is a program that makes it possible to run programs under Windows in a protected environment. In this way, changes made by programs or web browsers are easy to undo, and there is no risk of affecting important parts of the operating system. Sandboxie can be used on Windows 7 or higher and offered as open source. It is available in a classic and plus version. Internally they work the same, but the latter has a more modern Qt-built user interface. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:
Added
- SandMan now causes all boxed processes to update their path settings in real time when access options were modified
- added new maintenance menu option “Uninstall All” to quickly remove all components when running in portable mode
- added version number to the title bar of Sandboxie Classic
- added option to return not to a snapshot but to an empty box state while keeping all snapshots
- Sandboxie-Plus.ini can now be placed in C:\ProgramData\Sandboxie-Plus\ folder and takes precedence (for business use)
- added support for AF_UNIX on Windows to resolve issues with OpenJDK17 and later #1009 #1520 #1521
Changed
- reworked breakout mechanism to be service based and not allowing the parent process to access the broken out child process
- enabled creation of directory junctions for sandboxed processes #1375
- restored back AutoRecover=y on box creation #1554
- improved snapshot support #1220
- renamed “Disable Forced Programs” command to “Pause Forced Programs Rules” (Plus only)
Fixed
- fixed BreakoutProcess not working with EnableObjectFiltering=y
- FIXED SECURITY ISSUE: when starting COMSRV unboxed, the returned process handle had full access
- fixed issue with progress dialog #1562
- fixed issue with handling directory junctions in Sandboxie #1396
- fixed a handle leak in File_NtCloseImpl
- fixed border issues on maximized windows introduced in the last build #1561
- fixed a couple of index overruns (thanks 7eRoM) #1571
- fixed issues with sysnative directory #1403
- fixed issue with starting SandMan when running sandboxed from context menu #1579
- fixed dark mode flash issue with main window creation #1231
- fixed issues with snapshot error handling #350
- fixed issues with the always on top option (Plus only)
| Version number | 5.55.9 / 1.0.9 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Website | sandboxie |
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| File size |
17.00MB |
| License type | GPL |