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This has been a feature since windows 10 https://www.howtogeek.com/399290/how-to-use-windows-10s-new-sandbox-to-safely-test-apps/ https://www.howtogeek.com/399

• majkinetor 4y ago
  In Windows 11 you can restart it without losing data, though, which is nice, since its so fast that it starts almost instantly. Because of that speed, I test all the funky software in it first, and some I run in it exclusivelly as you can create "run in Windows Sandbox" fairly easyly and customize what runs on startup via pwsh script. I would love the option for it to survive the closure though, that would open entire new world of possibilities. It doesn't have to compete with full HyperV setup if you open just a few more options.
  • smileybarry 4y ago
    Yeah, I don't 100% trust the new CurseForge app for updating World of Warcraft addons, but it's kind of necessary when you have 10+ addons. But with some poking and a Windows Sandbox configuration file, I can just launch it in a sandbox now and mount the addons directory, update/install, and wipe the sandbox. It's a neat Sandboxie replacement once you start playing with mounts and startup scripts.
  • stinos 4y ago
    In Windows 11 you can restart it without losing data, So did they also fix the rather annoying issue that if you shutdown the OS in sandbox it displays a 'The connection to the sandbox was lost.' dialog instead of quitting the process? We use it to run automated tests, for which it is actually pretty great with the .wsb files makeing it easy to get data into it and run script, but it's a bit silly one needs to workaround detection of whether the thing exited by using files for signalling the script is done with a timeout then killing all involved processes.
    • majkinetor 4y ago
      I just kill the process on Win 10.
• Dwedit 4y ago
  Not for Home edition though. You can still use a program like Sandboxie to try to sandbox an application.
  • ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    A Pro license is 3 Euros though or even 'free' if you're unscrupulous. Should be no reason to stay on Home edition.
    • aflag 4y ago
      Where? MS sells it for 60x that where I live
      • layer8 4y ago
        Not quite 3 €, but there are many OEM license resellers selling them for anywhere between 5-30 €, for example: https://www.mmoga.com/Software/Windows/Microsoft-Windows-10-Professional-OEM.html https://www.mmoga.com/Software/Windows/Microsoft-Windows-10-...
        • aflag 4y ago
          Is that legal?
      • ChuckNorris89 4y ago
        There are various websites that resell MSDNAA keys for 2 Euros or so[1]. I got a Win11 Pro and Office 2021 Pro for dirt cheap there, the keys worked (after a phone activation IIRC), and haven't had any problems so far. Without access to such prices I would have switched to Linux and LibreOffice already as there's no way I can pay full retail prices for those. Beware this is a legal gray area, I'm not affiliated, not endorsing this practice, and not responsible for your outcome. I assume Microsoft is aware of these practices but turns a blind eye as that just means more users into their ecosystem anyway, so why ruin the party. [1]https://keyesd.com/collections/operating-systems/products/microsoft-windows-10-professional-key-esd-global-1 https://keyesd.com/collections/operating-systems/products/mi...