Programs released under this license can be used at no cost for both personal and commercial purposes. Open Source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify or enhance. Freeware products can be used free of charge for both personal and professional (commercial use). Of course you will need to include the specific EXE of the browser, for that to work.Freeware programs can be downloaded used free of charge and without any time limitations. This also works with other variants of Firefox such as WaterFox. So you don't need the paid (registered version) for this basic feature. We tested this on the free version of Sandboxie, and it works fine. Try opening a link from outside the sandbox and it should open it in the sandboxed Firefox browser. Click on Apply and Ok, and exit Sandboxie and your browser, and restart both applications. Click on the 'Add' button (the second option on the right side), and in the Add Resource Name text field, add the following command.Ĩ. Select 'Firefox.exe' (which is the web browser's executable).ħ. Click on the 'Add program' button on the right side bar of the pop-up window.Ħ. Select 'Resource Access' > 'Window Access' (from the left side bar).ĥ. Click on 'Sandbox' in the toolbar, then on 'DefaultBox' (or whatever Sandbox you have). Select the option which says 'Show Window'.ģ. First, right click on the Sandboxie icon on the system tray.Ģ. But it was not well worded for the new user.

It's actually quite easy, and we found the fix on Sandboxie's forums. How to make Sandboxie always open links in sandboxed Firefox browser? Shouldn't Sandboxie prevent opening a new window, instead of opening a new tab in the sandboxed browser? This flaw defeats the very purpose of Sandboxie, don't you agree? Instead, it will open a second instance of Firefox, which is un-sandboxed, ala the normal vulnerable version. Let's say you have Mozilla Firefox running in a sandbox, and you want to open a link sent to you in an IM application, like Telegram or Skype, etc.īy default, Sandboxie will not open the link in the sandboxed Firefox browser. One of its many annoyances, is to integrate well with Firefox. Sandboxie is a great software, which prevents malware or any program to make permanent changes on your PC, by isolating it from the rest of the OS.īut it is not without its shortcomings.

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