You're right. Being able to force programs is better, but not absolutely essential in order to use Sandboxie. You get more protection with a licensed version, but you get a lot of protection without a license.

One workaround if you can't or don't want to buy a license would be to rename program executable files and then use the real names as sandbox shortcuts like I mentioned above.

For example, you could rename mspaint.exe to xmspaint.exe, so intruders would not be able to find or execute mspaint.exe. Then you could create the shortcut I mentioned above using xmspaint.exe instead mspaint.exe, but name the shortcut itself mspaint.

If you're creative, you can do a lot with Sandboxie even without a license -- but I strongly encourage you to buy a license after you've tried the program a while. Most of us have found we can't live without it, so the price is one of the best deals in Internet security!

Another trick for running programs sandboxed without forcing them in the ini file is to create a shortcut for Sandboxie Explorer. Any program run from within Sandboxie Explorer (caution -- that's not the regular Windows Explorer) will run in the sandbox.

To do that create a shortcut with the following code.



Then navigate to any program and double click on it. It will run in the sandbox and any files on which it operates will also be trapped in the sandbox.

Yeah, i agree, i wouldnt say the program is useless without paying for it, cause it is still plenty useful, all buying really does, is makes what your already doing easier to do, (and enables a few options you cant do unregistered) like you can sandbox programs unregistered, but if registered, you can have the programs automatically sandboxed, unregistered you can delete the contents of sandbox, if registered, you can have the contents automatically deleted, see where im going, registering makes what you already can do, alot easier (and in a way safer) and adds some functionality that you cant do unregistered, anyways in my case, i have paid for security programs in the past that have failed me miserably, or were too expensive AND failed me miserably, but Sandboxie is the best investment i have ever made in a program, it is actually secure (unlike anti-viruses and what not that depend on signatures to protect you) and is cheap too, hmm lets see, $25.00 for sandboxie, and its a one time payment, compared to Kaspersky internet security, which is $59.95 and must be renewed every so often (same thing for all other security programs) oh and if you dont pay for sandboxie, you can still run it for as long as you like (unlike most software which conks out after 30 days), you just wont have registered functions, well look at that, my post is starting to look like a program testiomial/review lol.