Sandboxie (freeware)

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Right Click the Setup and click Run Sandboxed. 

[ChrisXPPro]

Ahah - knew it was simple - totally forgot about the Sandboxie addition to context menu.

Thanks. 

[ChrisXPPro]

OK - next question (sorry!) ...... tried this out and selected "run sandboxed" ....... the install suggested the usual C:\Program Files - carried on and install went thru to finish.

But ----- where is the prog!  No evidence of it anywhere and again I must be forgetting something!!!  The system tray icon shows empty - no red spots.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Right Click the Sandboxie Icon in the System Tray and click Explore Contents.
Now make your way into Program Files. It should be something like:
C:\Sandbox\user\DefaultBox\drive\C\Program Files

Look for the installed program and you can run it from there.

[ChrisXPPro]

Thx carbon - turns out (yeah - duh!) I hadn't dug deep enough to expand everything ..... did find in the end the list of files.

I guess I had erroneously expected to see a desktop shortcut to the app and it wasn't there - other than in the Sanboxie listings. 

I succeeded anyways in running the exe from Sandboxie and so have gotten success.

Thx for your patience with this old man! 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Who's calling me Old Man 

lol.

It's just like it's being installed in your computer but in the Sandbox folder.

[ChrisXPPro]

Who's calling me Old Man 

No - me the old man!  You just a young varmint at -15 LOL. 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Oh right, my bad.

I'm a time traveler. I come from a time where Microsoft is no longer spoken of.

[ChrisXPPro]

Carbon  - one more question - hopefully my last!!

When using "run sandboxed" to do an install - does this set up in a new sandbox?  or - do you request a new sandbox first from the Sandboxie control window?  I currently have on desktop my sandboxed browser and last trial install I did I cleared all files after use.

I am thinking here - if I want to test run more than one app - and keep them operational for a while - then I should have one sandbox per item - yeah or not? ... and how best to achieve that.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I haven't experimented with multiple Sandboxes but in the Sandboxie Window under Sandbox, you can Create New Sandbox.
Time for you to do some experimenting of your own. 

[ChrisXPPro]

Thought that's what you might say!! 

I guess I was wondering how to apply a new sandbox and whether it would be ''used'' by another app install after one or two others.

OK - I'll go play! 

[typhoeus]

Thx - definitely looks worth checking out.

I am often hesitant to try new utilities, in particular, but this should help with evaluation tests and prevent leaving crap behind after uninstall. 

Looks good so far, reading the tutorial.

Yep, it's good for trying out new software.

Also, Something I found out, you can install trial programs through it and when the trial is up, you just clear the Sandbox and reinstall the trial. 

Hi, I have a question.  I already have a trial program installed on my computer that is expired.  I re-downloaded it and installed it in sandboxie, but it was still expired.  Sandboxie looks like it has all of the C disk sandboxed in default box.  Is this why the trial software is still expired?  Is there a way to make it not sandbox the file that is telling the trial software it is expired?

[Carbon Dioxide]

You people are very devious.....

Anyways, no.
When you run the Trial in the Sandbox, it registers itself in the virtual Registry INSIDE the  sandbox. (it makes a copy of your current registry).

[typhoeus]

Ah, thanks much.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Also, Don't go messing with your registry and try to remove the trial entries.