Download Sandboxie Plus 5.63.2 / 1.8.2

Sandboxie is a program that makes it possible to run programs in a protected environment under Windows. 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 later and is 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 user interface built with Qt. The release notes since version 5.62.2 / 1.7.2 can be found below.

Sandboxie 1.8.2 / 5.63.2

Added

• Reworked CreateAppContainerToken hook to return a restricted token for the issue #2762 — Note: this behavior can be disabled with ‘FakeAppContainerToken=program.exe,n’
• Enabled app container compatibility in App Compartment mode — Note: this should improve Microsoft Edge compatibility
• Added web browser compatibility template wizard #2761
• Added a mechanism to dynamically detect Chromium and Firefox based browsers — Note: the new mechanism can be disabled using ‘DynamicImageDetection=program.exe,n’

Changed

• Renamed ‘DropAppContainerTokens=program.exe,n’ to ‘DropAppContainerToken=program.exe,n’
• ‘DropAppContainerToken=program.exe,y’ can now be used in App Compartment boxes, however it is not recommended security-wise
• The desktop security workaround used for Chrome, Firefox and Acrobat is now enabled by default, you can disable it with “UseSbieDeskHack=n” — Note: this should allow electron apps to run without ‘SpecialImages=chrome,program.exe’
• Disabled old token hacks, as with the new App Container token these seem to be no longer required — Note: in case of issues with Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Acrobat, they can be re-enabled using ‘DeprecatedTokenHacks=y’
• Updated Inno Setup to version 6.2.2 which also comes with a new installer icon

Fixed

• Issue with global settings ini section editing
• Fixed issue with ‘UseRegDeleteV2=y’ #2756
• Autorun path now supports any length #2769 (thanks Sapour)
• Recovery window: delete confirmation dialog is no longer shown when no file/folder is selected #2771 (thanks Sapour)
• Fixed WeChat crash issue #2772

Removed

• Removed obsolete workaround for maxthon.exe browser version 4

Sandboxie 1.8.1 / 5.63.1

Added

• Added certificate protection #2722

Fixed

• Fixed issue with finder search in trace log
• Fixed issue with NT namespace virtualization #2701
• Fixed issue with “run unsandboxed” #2710
• Fixed issue with new box wizard #2729
• Fixed issue with breakout processes and user-restricted sandboxes #2732
• Fixed a couple of UI issues #2733
• Fixed useless help button #2748

Sandboxie 1.8.0 / 5.63.0

Added

• Run menu now supports folders, to be used by entering foldername1\foldername2\entryname in the name column of the UI
• Added a tray indicator for pending updates
• Added virtualization for CreateDirectoryObject(Ex) and OpenDirectoryObject (improves security, prevents name squatting) — note: this can be disabled using ‘NtNamespaceIsolation=n’

Changed

• ‘OpenProtectedStorage=y’ has been replaced with a template
• Moved all built-in access rules to a set of default templates
• Moved WinInetCache control to a template OpenWinInetCache, ‘CloseWinInetCache=y’ is now obsolete
• Added hook for CreateAppContainerToken, which should also improve compatibility with other apps #1926 — note: Template_Edge_Fix is ​​no longer required
• Replaced a few icons
• Moved the “Support” global settings page above the “Advanced Config” page and renamed it to “Support & Updates”
• When dragging and dropping a file on the SandMan UI to run it, the currently selected box will be pre-selected in the box picker dialog
• Improved access rule handling #2633
• SbieCtrl now uses the new update format when checking for updates
• Added prioritization of primary matches over auxiliary matches to rule specificity

Fixed

• Added AppContainer support for Compartment type boxes
• FIXED SECURITY ISSUE ID-22 NtCreateSectionEx was not filtered by the driver
• Fixed issue starting services without a system token
• Fixed issues with new file migration settings #2700
• Fixed shell integration on ARM64 #2685
• Fixed new issues with driver verifier #2708