Download Sandboxie 3.44

Version 3.44 of Sandboxie was released on Wednesday. With this program it is possible to run other programs under Windows in a protected environment. In this way, changes caused by programs such as Internet Explorer can be easily undone and there is no risk of affecting important parts of the operating system. Sandboxie can be used on Windows 2000 and above and a lifetime license costs 31 euros. The main change in version 3.44 is that the program can be used on 64-bit versions of Windows. The full changelog for this release looks like this:

These are the changes to Sandboxie since version 3.42:

• Full support for 64-bit Windows.
  • Single installation EXE contains both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Sandboxie.
• Improved Disable Forced Programs mode.
  • Hold Ctrl+Shift while invoking the right-click Run Sandboxed command on a program that is forced, to run the program outside the supervision of Sandboxie.
  • When Disable Forced Programs is used to start some forced program X outside the supervision of Sandboxie, then any other forced programs started by that program X will also start outside the supervision of Sandboxie.
• Improved support for User Account Control (UAC) elevation by sandboxed programs.
  • No longer requires Sandboxie Control to be running.
  • Pop-up window displays information about the elevating program.
• Fixed incompatibility with Software Restriction Policies (SRP) on Windows 7.
• Windows Explorer running under Sandboxie displays current folder in title.
• Prevent Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers from updating in the sandbox.
  • Message SBIE2191 will be displayed.
• Support for installing extensions into Google Chrome.
• Support for ICMP (ping) operations by sandboxed programs in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
• Improved compatibility with third-party security software: a2 Anti Malware.
• Improved compatibility with other third-party software: Macro Express, LinkStash, Bing Toolbar.