Sandboxie content stay in there over the reboots, until you clear the sandbox yourself. (by choosing in sandbox run from start menu,or just browse to sandboxie directory and launch the installed software from it's directory,or wherever it installs the launch file.) You really don't need to reboot your real OS,unless you have given the sandboxied program to access some real resources on the actual OS, then reboot might be required, but not necessarily. One thing though does Sandboxie have enough persistence so that you can test software and configurations that require a re-boot - that was a major problem with Ms's Sandbox (among others like lack of configurability of the HDD space and location etc). It no longer asks for activation since the registration scheme has been completely removed! Until the open source transition is completed we have decided to make all restricted features of Sandboxie completely free.edit:

We will release more information about the open source project as we continue to work on the details. The Sandboxie user base represents some of the most passionate, forward thinking, and knowledgeable members of the security community and we didn’t want to let you down.Īfter thoughtful consideration we decided that the best way to keep Sandboxie going was to give it back to its users – transitioning it to an open source tool. More importantly, we love the Sandboxie community too much to do that. However, we love the technology too much to see it fade away.

Sandboxie has never been a significant component of Sophos’ business, and we have been exploring options for its future for a while.įrankly, the easiest and least costly decision for Sophos would have been to simply end of life Sandboxie. This new evolution of Sandboxie is one we are enthusiastic about, but that does not mean this was an easy decision to make. Sophos is excited to announce that we are making Sandboxie a free tool, with plans to transition it to an open source tool.

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