Give it a shot – right-click the yellow Sandboxie icon in your system tray, select the default sandbox, named DefaultBox and then choose Delete Contents.You’ll also be prompted to actually delete the contents of a sandbox by right-clicking on the Sandboxie icon in your system tray.

The next introduction window lets you know how to delete the contents of a sandbox.

Now you’ll get an explanation of how Sandboxie deals with files that are downloaded from an App running inside of the sandbox.

Sandboxie explains that it will create a desktop shortcut to auto-launch your browser in a sandbox.

After you’ve reviewed it, click the Next button.

You’ll get an illustrated explanation of the concept of sandboxing.

At this point Sandboxie will take you through an ‘introduction’ – a series of explanations of what the software can do and how to use it.

If it finds anything that it’s unsure of, it will ask you to click OK to update the configuration settings of your sandbox(es).

Once the installation has completed, Sandboxie will check your system to make sure all of the software is compatible.

I’ve used this program on several different machines and it has never caused a problem, but the disclaimer is there for a reason. Carefully review the info on how to boot into safe mode in case something goes wrong at this point.

Towards the end of your Sandboxie installation you’ll be prompted to install and activate the Sandbox system-level driver.

Sandboxie is a free program, and the source code has been made public. Here’s how you can run Windows Apps inside of sandbox – It’s a super safe way to run questionable programs or visit questionable web sites. For example, if you run a web browser inside of a sandbox and you visit a web site that contains malware which automatically installs on your computer, that malware will be contained in the sandbox. If you run an App inside a sandbox, anything that happens in that App will remain inside the sandbox. This guide will explain step by step how to run Windows apps in a completely safe and isolated environment (a “sandbox”) so that anything that happens while you’re using that app is completely separated from Windows itself.Ī “sandbox”, in terms of computer security, is an environment that’s completely separate from everything else.

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