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Windows Sandbox

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a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.

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License model

  • Free • Proprietary

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  • Windows
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Sandbox
  2.  Virtualization
  3.  Container Virtualization

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Windows Sandbox information

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.6

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Windows Sandbox, and it has gotten 18 likes

Windows Sandbox was added to AlternativeTo by Shoji on Sep 25, 2019 and this page was last updated May 12, 2020.

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Top positive comment •May 4, 2021

Easy to install, without any knowledge

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Top negative comment •Sep 25, 2019

Preinstalled in Win 10 v18305, but only windows OS dekstop environment supported

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RemovedUser
Comment •Dec 19, 2020

Only avalible on Windows 10 Pro

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Negative comment •Apr 19, 2020

Pretty broken at the moment, even while using an Insider build.

  • Sluggish performance, watching a video is a no-no even if this is a type 1 hypervisor
  • Takes ages to start
  • If you run a VPN on the host, the internet on Windows Sandbox just refuses to work. Good job guys, you had 1 job and you fucked up.

There's definitely potential here though. In 2-3 years when Microsoft has finally bothered to work out the issues, this will be a great program. Until then, just use Virtualbox.

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zavakz

It's not really a virtual machine though, it's a sandbox. Running files such as an .exe in an isolated environment. No need for a VM if you just need it for stuff like that.

Reply written Dec 26, 2021

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What is Windows Sandbox?

Windows Sandbox has the following properties:

Part of Windows – everything required for this feature ships with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. No need to download a VHD! Pristine – every time Windows Sandbox runs, it’s as clean as a brand-new installation of Windows Disposable – nothing persists on the device; everything is discarded after you close the application 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 Efficient – uses integrated kernel scheduler, smart memory management, and virtual GPU

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