Windows 10: Create Windows Sandbox configuration files with Sandbox Configuration Manager

Sandbox Configuration Manager is a free program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that helps users of the system create sandbox configuration files.

Windows Sandbox is a new feature of Windows 10 version 1903 that uses Windows Containers to provide the sandbox functionality. The sandbox runs the same version of Windows as the underlying operating system and restricts access to the underlying system for files and programs that you execute in the sandbox; this makes it ideal for testing purposes among other things.

Administrators may use configuration files to customize sandboxes on Windows 10. These config files control various aspects of the sandbox, e.g. if networking is enabled or folders are mapped so that they become accessible.

Up until now, admins had to create XML files to customize sandboxes. The release of Sandbox Configuration Manager changes that.

Tip: check out our review of the third-party program Sandboxie if you are looking for an alternative or want to run it on older versions of Windows.

Sandbox Configuration Manager




Download the latest version of the application from Microsoft's Technet Gallery website and extract the archive on the local system. The archive contains the source code of the application and two executable files that you find in the EXE folder. You may run either one of them, the core difference between them is that the interface is different.

Sandbox Configuration Manager supports the loading of Sandbox configuration files and the creation of new files. The application displays the Windows version and whether sandbox is enabled as a feature on the first screen that it displays.

Windows Sandbox is not enabled by default and you need to enable it under optional features first before it becomes available. Check the linked articles at the top for instructions on how to do that.



All relevant fields are filled out automatically when you load an existing sandbox. You may modify the configuration file and hit the "create sandbox" button in the end to save the edited configuration file.

You may also fill out the fields manually to create a sandbox from scratch. Select a name and path for the new sandbox and modify the following options as you see fit:

• Configure networking support.
• Configure virtual GPU support.
• Add mapped folders with read-only or read and write access.
• Add custom commands, e.g. to run scripts automatically.

Select "create sandbox" to save the configuration file and create the sandbox. A click on the overview menu displays the configuration file in XML for verification purposes.

Note that you may edit mapped folders and startup commands at any point in time by loading the sandbox and saving it once you are done editing.

Closing Words


The main advantage of Sandbox Configuration Manager is that it visualizes the configuration process which should make it easier for some users. There is no need to use the program as you can create sandboxes by creating XML config files from scratch or using existing ones as a template. (via The Windows Club)

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Windows Sandbox not enble

Windows Sandbox not enble

Windows Sandbox not appear in the start menu. I tried to enable it from "Turn Windows features on or off" but the Windows Sandbox appears in grey there and when I roll over it the message "Virtualization support is disabled in firmware" pop up. Please help
on this issue.

before installing Windows sandbox check to see if virtualization is enable by right clicking over taskbar and going to task manager then click the performance tab go down to Logical Processors under that is Virtualization which should say enabled,

if not enabled virtualization in the bios refer to your computer guide for motherboard make and model,

If Virtualization is enabled in the bios then you have issue with Windows 10 services under Administrative Tools.

follow this below should get you going.

For Windows 10 1903 sandbox wont start errors all you do is just restart the following service under Administrative tools



Container Manager Services.



then reopen sandbox should start up like normal.

If it does not start up do the following below.



If you have Hyper-V installed and Virtual disk is turned on under Administrative tools you must restart all these services

1. Container Manager Services
2. HV Host
3. Virtual Disk
4. Hyper-V Virtual Machine Manager
5. Hyper-V Host Compute Service
6. Network Virtualization Service

Do this in the following order

1. Right click over (Network Virtualization Service) click restart and wait.
2. Right click over (Virtual Disk) click restart and wait.
3. Right click over (Hyper-V Virtual Machine Manager) click restart and wait
4. Right click over (Hyper-V Host Compute Service) click restart and wait
5. Right click over (Container Manager Services) click restart and wait

Check these services are still on

Application Guard Container Service (If installed)

Remote Procedure Call (RDC) (""This must be running as most of the others rely upon its function it should never be disabled"")



Once they are checked start sandbox and it should open up if it does restart your computer to ensure the services are still functional are a restart of computer this should also be done if sandbox does not start up once these services are restarted
and checked.



Created By Eric O'Malley

17th June 2019

follow this guide if the sandbox program wont start or failures to open.

Windows Sandbox failed to start

A Work Around

To get

Windows Sandbox

Working again

Created

By

Eric O’Malley

10/06/2019





Well I work out a solution to get Windows Sandbox going again it’s not the best solution but work around follow the steps below and hope it works for all of you guys.

1. The first thing you have to do is turn off Windows Defender Random Folder Protection
   or the anti virus random folder protection.
   
2. Next turn off Windows defenders Tamper protection Or the Anti-Virus Tamper protection
   
3. Once that turn off Go to Control Panel open it
   
4. Location Administrative Tools
   
5. Next head to Services and open that
   
6. Scroll down to Container Manager Services
   
7. Turn off Container Manager Service only
   
8. Leave service screen open but minimize it
   
9. Next go to control panel location and open File Explorer Options
   
10. In File Explorer Options Untick the following:
    

1. • Don’t Show Hidden Files, Folders, or Drivers
     
   • Hide Empty Drivers
     
   • Hide Extensions Known Files Types
     
   • Hide Merge Conflicts
     
   • Hide Protected Operating Systems Files
     

1. Now move File Explorer Options to one side of your screen
   
2. Go back to Control Panel
   
3. Locate and open Program and Features
   
4. Go to Turn Windows Features on or Off
   open it
   
5. Scroll down to Windows Sandbox
   
6. Untick Windows Sandbox
   
7. Click ok to uninstall Windows Sandbox
   
8. Close off only the screen that removed Windows sandbox
   
9. Next go to your main drive usually C: Drive
   
10. Location ProgramData
    
    • We need to get to this location (C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Sandboxes)
      

1. Even open it or expand ProgramData
   
2. Locate Microsoft open it or expand
   
3. Scroll down to Windows open it or expand
   
4. Now go to the folder called Containers
   open it or expand
   
5. Now you should see Sandboxes
   
   • You Should be at this location Now
     

(C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Sandboxes)

1. Now in that folder Sandbox is folder that looks like this
   

1. • 4040f074-2ff6-471c-9f38-4836db85fff6
     
   • Inside it is sandbox.vhdx
     

1. What we need do is delete all the strange folders keys that’s in
   

(C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Sandboxes)

1. If it does not delete just wait a few seconds and try again
   

Caution do not delete the folders from recycle bin yet

1. Next go to the folder below it called
   Zygotes
   

(C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Zygotes)



Repeat the steps you did at Sandboxes and delete the strange folder keys with its contents but do not delete what’s in recycle bin.

1. Repeat the step you did at Sandboxes and delete the
   strange folder key with its contents
   
2. If it does not delete just wait a few seconds and try again
   
3. Now move the open explorer screen to one side of the screen
   
4. Head back to control panel
   
5. Locate and open Program and Features
   
6. Go to Turn Windows Features on or Off
   open it
   
7. Scroll down to Windows Sandbox
   
8. This time re-tick Windows Sandbox and close and allow it to reinstall the sandbox
   
9. Close only the install screen
   
10. Go back to services and Restart Container Manager Service
    
11. Leave Services screen open move it to once side again.
    
12. We now head to Start then Settings
    
13. Scroll until you find Windows
    Sandbox click it twice.
    
14. Wait and see how the screen opens if it give you another error
    repeat this process
    
15. When you open Windows Sandbox it should
    hang for 5 to 10 minutes without any error message
    
16. What it’s doing is rebuilding its image then it opens back to what it was in default settings.
    
17. Once you have sandbox reopened and its got the icons load close it pressing the
    red X
    
18. Then reopen Windows Sandbox to see if it opens up again.
    
19. If it does you fixed it.
    
20. Now we can turn back on
    
    • Windows Defender Random Folder Protection
      or the anti virus random folder protection
      

1. • Windows defenders Tamper protection Or the Anti-Virus Tamper protection
     

1. Retest Windows sandbox will open again with the above
   turned on
   
2. If it does the next thing is to restart your computer and
   Repeat the opening of Windows sandbox.
   
3. Once all is well your right to continue
   
4. You can delete the folders in your recycle bin too.
   

Created by

Eric O’Malley

10/06/2019

 

Sandbox


Thanks Shawn *Biggrin

I'm reading through this thread again too: Windows Sandbox coming to Windows Insiders in Windows 10 build 18305

This is info I've found so far:

How to configure the Windows Sandbox

Windows Sandbox - Config Files

How to configure Windows Sandbox

Looks like there are only four profile options so far:

• Enable or Disable the virtualized GPU.
• Enable or Disable network access
• Shared Folders – Share folders from the host with read or write access
• Startup Script – allows you to run different commands at startup

 

error ox800706d9 sandbox not work

For Windows 10 1903 sandbox wont start errors all you do is just restart the following service under Administrative tools



Container Manager Services.



then reopen sandbox should start up like normal.

If it does not start up do the following below.



If you have Hyper-V installed and Virtual disk is turned on under Administrative tools you must restart all these services

1. Container Manager Services
2. HV Host
3. Virtual Disk
4. Hyper-V Virtual Machine Manager
5. Hyper-V Host Compute Service
6. Network Virtualization Service

Do this in the following order

1. Right click over (Network Virtualization Service) click restart and wait.
2. Right click over (Virtual Disk) click restart and wait.
3. Right click over (Hyper-V Virtual Machine Manager) click restart and wait
4. Right click over (Hyper-V Host Compute Service) click restart and wait
5. Right click over (Container Manager Services) click restart and wait

Check these services are still on

Application Guard Container Service (If installed)

Remote Procedure Call (RDC) (""This must be running as most of the others rely upon its function it should never be disabled"")



Once they are checked start sandbox and it should open up if it does restart your computer to ensure the services are still functional are a restart of computer this should also be done if sandbox does not start up once these services are restarted
and checked.



Created By Eric O'Malley

17th June 2019

Windows Sandbox failed to start

A Work Around

To get

Windows Sandbox

Working again

Created

By

Eric O’Malley

10/06/2019





Well I work out a solution to get Windows Sandbox going again it’s not the best solution but work around follow the steps below and hope it works for all of you guys.

1. The first thing you have to do is turn off Windows Defender Random Folder Protection
   or the anti virus random folder protection.
   
2. Next turn off Windows defenders Tamper protection Or the Anti-Virus Tamper protection
   
3. Once that turn off Go to Control Panel open it
   
4. Location Administrative Tools
   
5. Next head to Services and open that
   
6. Scroll down to Container Manager Services
   
7. Turn off Container Manager Service only
   
8. Leave service screen open but minimize it
   
9. Next go to control panel location and open File Explorer Options
   
10. In File Explorer Options Untick the following:
    

1. • Don’t Show Hidden Files, Folders, or Drivers
     
   • Hide Empty Drivers
     
   • Hide Extensions Known Files Types
     
   • Hide Merge Conflicts
     
   • Hide Protected Operating Systems Files
     

1. Now move File Explorer Options to one side of your screen
   
2. Go back to Control Panel
   
3. Locate and open Program and Features
   
4. Go to Turn Windows Features on or Off
   open it
   
5. Scroll down to Windows Sandbox
   
6. Untick Windows Sandbox
   
7. Click ok to uninstall Windows Sandbox
   
8. Close off only the screen that removed Windows sandbox
   
9. Next go to your main drive usually C: Drive
   
10. Location ProgramData
    
    • We need to get to this location (C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Sandboxes)
      

1. Even open it or expand ProgramData
   
2. Locate Microsoft open it or expand
   
3. Scroll down to Windows open it or expand
   
4. Now go to the folder called Containers
   open it or expand
   
5. Now you should see Sandboxes
   
   • You Should be at this location Now
     

(C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Sandboxes)

1. Now in that folder Sandbox is folder that looks like this
   

1. • 4040f074-2ff6-471c-9f38-4836db85fff6
     
   • Inside it is sandbox.vhdx
     

1. What we need do is delete all the strange folders keys that’s in
   

(C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Sandboxes)

1. If it does not delete just wait a few seconds and try again
   

Caution do not delete the folders from recycle bin yet

1. Next go to the folder below it called
   Zygotes
   

(C:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Containters\Zygotes)



Repeat the steps you did at Sandboxes and delete the strange folder keys with its contents but do not delete what’s in recycle bin.

1. Repeat the step you did at Sandboxes and delete the
   strange folder key with its contents
   
2. If it does not delete just wait a few seconds and try again
   
3. Now move the open explorer screen to one side of the screen
   
4. Head back to control panel
   
5. Locate and open Program and Features
   
6. Go to Turn Windows Features on or Off
   open it
   
7. Scroll down to Windows Sandbox
   
8. This time re-tick Windows Sandbox and close and allow it to reinstall the sandbox
   
9. Close only the install screen
   
10. Go back to services and Restart Container Manager Service
    
11. Leave Services screen open move it to once side again.
    
12. We now head to Start then Settings
    
13. Scroll until you find Windows
    Sandbox click it twice.
    
14. Wait and see how the screen opens if it give you another error
    repeat this process
    
15. When you open Windows Sandbox it should
    hang for 5 to 10 minutes without any error message
    
16. What it’s doing is rebuilding its image then it opens back to what it was in default settings.
    
17. Once you have sandbox reopened and its got the icons load close it pressing the
    red X
    
18. Then reopen Windows Sandbox to see if it opens up again.
    
19. If it does you fixed it.
    
20. Now we can turn back on
    
    • Windows Defender Random Folder Protection
      or the anti virus random folder protection
      

1. • Windows defenders Tamper protection Or the Anti-Virus Tamper protection
     

1. Retest Windows sandbox will open again with the above
   turned on
   
2. If it does the next thing is to restart your computer and
   Repeat the opening of Windows sandbox.
   
3. Once all is well your right to continue
   
4. You can delete the folders in your recycle bin too.
   

Created by

Eric O’Malley

10/06/2019