Sandboxie Plus (open source fork of Sandboxie)

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Release v1.17.7 / 5.72.7 Latest

This release focuses on stability and usability improvements. A new global option for ForceBoxDocs has been added under Program Control > Force Process Options, making it easier to configure forced document handling without editing the INI file manually.

The INI editor and completion system have received several improvements, including better context-aware suggestions, improved key resolution, more accurate matching, and better tooltip behavior. Rich text input has also been disabled in the "Edit INI Section" dialog to prevent formatting issues.

Several bugs have been fixed in this release. Most notably, a compatibility issue that could cause VMware guests running inside a sandbox to crash has been resolved. Problems affecting addon installation, encrypted sandbox imports, Data Protection sandboxes causing PowerShell to hang, folder enumeration and deletion, and black box import/export when SandMan is not running elevated have also been addressed. Additionally, improvements to short-name path handling and completion matching further enhance reliability and overall user experience.

For a full list of changes please review the change log.

You can support the project through donations, any help will be greatly appreciated.

If you have issues with an update installation, just uninstall the previous version keeping the sandboxie.ini and reinstall the new build.

https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandbo...ag/v1.17.7

[harlan4096]

Sandboxie Plus 1.17.8 / Sandboxie 5.72.8 is now available with a collection of compatibility improvements, stability fixes, and quality-of-life enhancements.

This release introduces a new configuration option, DisableCustomTitleOpt, which gives users finer control over Sandboxie’s window title marking behavior. In the past, Sandboxie intentionally avoided adding its sandbox indicators to certain applications that use heavily customized title bars, such as those built with Delphi VCL, Qt, or Electron, because doing so could trigger excessive Desktop Window Manager repaints and high CPU usage. With the new option, advanced users can selectively re-enable title markers for these applications when desired.

The bundled ImDisk driver has also been updated to version 3.0.2, bringing the latest improvements and fixes from the upstream project.

Several issues reported by the community have been addressed in this build. Logging has been refined to suppress entries related to expected non-user security identifiers, helping reduce unnecessary noise in the trace logs. A problem affecting the "Run as Administrator" functionality, which could result in SBIE2218 and SBIE2219 service errors, has been corrected. In addition, a compatibility issue that could cause Windows Explorer to crash inside an Application Compartment environment when Huorong Security software was installed has been resolved.

For a full list of changes please review the change log.

You can support the project through donations, any help will be greatly appreciated.

If you have issues with an update installation, just uninstall the previous version keeping the sandboxie.ini and reinstall the new build.
 
Release Release v1.17.8 / 5.72.8 · sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie

[harlan4096]

Release Notes

Sandboxie Plus 1.17.9 / Sandboxie 5.72.9 is now available with a collection of compatibility improvements, stability fixes, and quality-of-life enhancements.

This release introduces a new configuration option, DisableCustomTitleOpt, which gives users finer control over Sandboxie’s window title marking behavior. In the past, Sandboxie intentionally avoided adding its sandbox indicators to certain applications that use heavily customized title bars, such as those built with Delphi VCL, Qt, or Electron, because doing so could trigger excessive Desktop Window Manager repaints and high CPU usage. With the new option, advanced users can selectively re-enable title markers for these applications when desired.

The bundled ImDisk driver has also been updated to version 3.0.3, bringing the latest improvements and fixes from the upstream project.

Several issues reported by the community have been addressed in this build. Logging has been refined to suppress entries related to expected non-user security identifiers, helping reduce unnecessary noise in the trace logs. A problem affecting the "Run as Administrator" functionality, which could result in SBIE2218 and SBIE2219 service errors, has been corrected. In addition, a compatibility issue that could cause Windows Explorer to crash inside an Application Compartment environment when Huorong Security software was installed has been resolved.

For a full list of changes please review the change log.

https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandbo...ag/v1.17.9

[harlan4096]

Release v1.18.0 / 5.73.0:​

Sandboxie-Plus 1.18.0 / Sandboxie 5.73.0 focuses on improving everyday usability, responsiveness, and Chromium browser compatibility, with particular attention given to one of the most frequently requested scenarios: sharing an existing browser profile between the host and a sandbox.

The most significant work in this release addresses long-standing issues affecting Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, and other derivatives when using the host profile from within a sandbox. Previous versions could trigger browser setting resets due to Chromium's Secure Preferences protection, making profile sharing unreliable. This release introduces a compatibility workaround that preserves browser settings and extensions when a host profile is accessed from inside a sandbox, eliminating one of the biggest obstacles to this workflow. In addition, Sandboxie now properly supports Chromium's elevation service and the required DPAPI handling, allowing sandboxed browsers to access host credentials, cookies, passwords, and other protected data when the appropriate compatibility template is enabled. Together, these improvements make running a sandboxed browser against an existing host profile far more practical and transparent than before.

Recovery functionality has also received several improvements. RecoverFolder and AutoRecoverIgnore patterns now support wildcards, including recursive matching, providing much more flexible recovery configuration. AutoRecoverIgnore rules can now also be applied to the Quick Recovery dialog, while recovery handling itself has been refined to avoid unnecessary dialog closures and to provide a more consistent deletion workflow. Several issues affecting Immediate Recovery have been resolved as well, including problems caused by path casing differences and situations where recovery could become permanently suspended.

The SandMan user interface has been improved with pending-change highlighting in the Options and Settings dialogs. Responsiveness has also been significantly improved during periods of heavy Sandboxie logging by batching UI updates and reducing rendering overhead.

The crash dump mechanism has also been completely reworked. The new crash reporter provides a more streamlined experience and, if the user chooses, can automatically submit crash reports together with an optional comment, making it much easier to provide useful feedback and helping identify and resolve issues more quickly.

This release further resolves several smaller but noticeable issues throughout the project, including cleaner handling of expected system account lookups, correct display of network paths in notifications, and numerous fixes that improve overall stability and polish.

Overall, version 1.18.0 delivers a substantial quality-of-life update, with the new Chromium profile compatibility work standing out as a major improvement for users who rely on sharing their existing browser environment between the host system and Sandboxie.

For a full list of changes please review the change log.

You can support the project through donations, any help will be greatly appreciated.

If you have issues with an update installation, just uninstall the previous version keeping the sandboxie.ini and reinstall the new build.

https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandbo...ag/v1.18.0