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Sandboxie-Classic v5.73.0

👉 Run programs in an isolated sandbox to prevent permanent system changes.

Sandboxie Classic is a sandbox-based isolation tool that allows applications to run in a controlled environment, preventing them from making permanent changes to your system. It is especially useful for safely testing unknown software, browsing the web securely, and protecting your system from malware or unwanted modifications.

Sandboxie Classic creates a virtualized environment where files, registry changes, and system interactions are contained within the sandbox. Once the sandbox is deleted, all changes made during the session are completely removed, leaving your system unchanged.




Features:
• Run applications in an isolated sandbox environment
• Prevent permanent changes to files and Windows registry
• Secure web browsing by containing browser activity
• Test untrusted programs safely before installing
• Easy sandbox deletion to remove all traces of activity
• Lightweight and efficient with minimal system impact
• Supports forced programs and folders to always run sandboxed
• Snapshot and recovery options for sandbox contents
• Compatible with many common Windows applications
• Open source and actively maintained

Supported operating systems:
• Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11

Supported languages:
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Polish

Changes:
v5.73.0 07-12-26
Added
added wildcard support for RecoverFolder and AutoRecoverIgnore patterns (*, ?, **), matching across NT, DOS, and network-alias path forms in both DLL and SandMan #3761 #5318
added UseAutoRecoverIgnoreForQuick=[y|n] to apply AutoRecoverIgnore patterns to the Quick Recovery window (default: enabled) #5278
added pending-change highlighting to SandMan Options and Settings dialogs; it indicates unapplied changes and not controls whose changes take effect immediately
Options/HighlightPendingChanges (default: enabled), configurable in Global Settings > Interface Config > User Interface

Changed
reworked the crash dump mechanism
changed SandMan auto-delete recovery to reuse an already open recovery dialog as the delete decision dialog, regardless of filter state, instead of closing it or silently continuing with box deletion

Fixed
fixed Win32 process image path queries returning sandboxed paths, which could reveal that a process was running sandboxed #5437
fixed expected non-user SID profile and shell lookup noise by suppressing matching SBIE1406/SBIE1412 and derivative SBIE1204 FileRootPath messages #5422
fixed NT device path (\Device\LanmanRedirector\...) shown in popup notification instead of UNC form, causing garbled display and wrong recovery target #711
fixed "Close until all programs stop" permanently suspending recovery when clicked while no processes are running
fixed SandMan Immediate Recovery blinking without showing the recovery window when the new-file event path and scanned recovery path differed only by casing, such as downloads vs. Downloads
improved SandMan responsiveness during SBIE message and notification floods by batching UI updates and reducing expensive per-row rendering
added workaround to Chrome settings reset, it can be disabled with 'UseChromeSecurePreferencesHack=n' #5184 #5286 #5180
this is more of a hack than an elegant solution, we make IsOS(OS_DOMAINMEMBER) return true and when accessing the host's "Secure Preferences" force a migration into the sandbox and remove all "*_encrypted_hash" entries
Note: this only works for settings and extensions; host credentials, cookies, passwords, etc. remain inaccessible from within the sandbox
if this is required, a manual workaround is required: reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v ApplicationBoundEncryptionEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
adapt for MS Edge (SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge), Brave, etc.
fixed issue with DPAPI when running services as system in sandbox, this allows to access with Chrome host credentials, cookies, passwords, etc. when sandboxed
this requires to enable the elevation service to be sandboxed 'SandboxService=GoogleChromeElevationService' as system 'RunServicesAsSystem=y' and opening the SAM endpoint 'OpenSamEndpoint=y'
there is also a convenient template 'Template=Chromium_Elevation'
Note: each Chromium derivative has a different service name, like: MicrosoftEdgeElevationService, MicrosoftEdgeDevElevationService, MicrosoftCopilotElevationService, GoogleChromeElevationService, GoogleChromeDevElevationService, BraveElevationService




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Downloads Views Developer Last Update Version Size Type Rank
6,054 17,117 David Xanatos Jul 14, 2026 - 12:15 5.73.0 2.99MB EXE 5/5, out of 112 Votes.
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sandbox  security  virtualization  safe  browsing  malware  testing  isolation  tool  Windows  
      
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