![]() ![]() The interesting thing about it is that it's a new type of VM called a "krypton container" that is far more memory and disk efficient than a traditional VM like VirtualBox. Sandbox absolutely is an implementation of VM technologies. That's how I was able to make the Sandbox do what VirtualBox does on my primary drive, but with a few extra steps. My OP's second link shows how the Sandbox provides the ability to save any desired files to a permanent folder that's visible to the host Windows install. That's by design for its primary intended purpose of testing software. ![]() VM does not delete files when you close it. "Once Windows Sandbox is closed, all the software with all its files and state are permanently deleted.". "A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is a piece of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines." Secure – uses hardware-based virtualization for kernel isolation, which relies on the Microsoft’s hypervisor to run a separate kernel which isolates Windows Sandbox from the host" "Windows Sandbox has the following properties: Sandbox is not virtual machine so i think it's pointless to compare it to one. So I spent some time seeing if the Sandbox could provide enough of the capabilities of full virtual machines like VirtualBox to make it a viable replacement for my simple VM needs of e-mail and Web browsing on my primary drive. Additional Sandbox improvements (and especially more knowledge of how best to use it) are likely to arrive in the future, but for now I'm keeping the Kubuntu VM on the primary drive. Performance also seems slower than with VirtualBox. Leaving out a lot of gruesome details, in short, yes, it can be done but involves more hassle and manual intervention than I think is worthwhile at this time. Important documentation details for specific applications in the Sandbox proved hard to find (no surprise, it's very early), so I did a lot of blind experimentation to see if Thunderbird and Firefox could work like I want, retaining most of their settings between uses of the Sandbox. My desktop's secondary gaming/testing drive is a Release Preview install, so I spent some time seeing if the Sandbox could provide enough of the capabilities of full virtual machines like VirtualBox to make it a viable replacement for my simple VM needs of e-mail and Web browsing on my primary drive. However, it also provides certain other capabilities that interested me: Once Windows Sandbox is closed, all the software with all its files and state are permanently deleted." Any software installed in Windows Sandbox stays only in the sandbox and cannot affect your host. Its primary purpose is to provide "an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your PC. A new feature in the 1903 Pro (and above) release is the Windows Sandbox. ![]()
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