If you are not sure about a program and want to run it. this is the perfect solution.
Sandboxie allows you to run programs without affecting the system. You can download it for free by visiting www.sandboxie.com. But if you want following features, will have to pay €29 Euros
- Is personal and is not transferable into computers or electronic media that you do not own;
- But does permit you to use Sandboxie on any number of computers that you personally own;
- Removes the nag screen that initially appears after you have used Sandboxie for more than 30 days;
- Enables the Forced Programs and Forced Folders features;
- Allows you to run programs in more than one sandbox at the same time (see message SBIE1303);
- But does not entitle you to any guaranteed level of technical support.
Introduction to Sandboxie
Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.
The red arrows indicate changes flowing from a running program into your computer. The box labeled Hard disk (no sandbox) shows changes by a program running normally. The box labeled Hard disk (with sandbox) shows changes by a program running under Sandboxie. The animation illustrates that Sandboxie is able to intercept the changes and isolate them within a sandbox, depicted as a yellow rectangle. It also illustrates that grouping the changes together makes it easy to delete all of them at once.
Benefits of the Isolated Sandbox
- Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxie means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
- Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don’t leak into Windows.
- Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can’t break out of the sandbox and can’t infect your real system.
- Windows Stays Lean: Prevent wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.
Running Application inside Sandboxie
Running application inside Sandboxie is so simple. You can right click on program icon > Run Sandboxed
If you open sandboxie, will able to see which programs are running on.
More Info
Tutorial: Getting Started with Sandboxie
General Usage Tips for using Sandboxie
Usage Manual for Sandboxie Control
Known Conflicts with other programs
Reference for error and informational SBIE Messages
Sandboxie Start Command Line parameters
Configuring Sandboxie through Sandboxie Ini
