The different disk drive sizes of Sandbox and the host system. Different IP addresses for the Sandbox and host sytem.īy reviewing the disk drives on my Sandbox system, I found that it had a much smaller disk drive than the base Windows system ( Figure 5). When I tried to connect an RDP session into my Sandbox from my host system it failed I didn't investigate whether this was a feature of Sandbox or just a configuration error on my part. I could use applications, such as Web browsers, ping, and nslookup, that used the network without any issues from the Sandbox, and when I looked at the network setting in my Sandbox system it had a different IP address than my host Windows system ( Figure 4). Opening the Sandbox icon shows no apps from my host system are included. You should also be aware that if you cut and paste files into the Sandbox from your host system, rather than copy them, they'll be permanently deleted when you remove the Sandbox. As this is a "fresh" version of Windows, none of the apps or settings from my host Windows installation were present on it ( Figure 3).Īs I used Sandbox, I did find some peculiarities with it, such as being able to copy and paste files into the Sandbox from my base Windows, but not being able to drag and drop files to the Sandbox. Starting Windows Sandbox.Īfter a short wait, I saw a Sandbox icon on my Windows desktop. Once my system was restarted, I logged back in to it, entered Sandbox in the Windows search bar, and then clicked the Windows Sandbox app icon when it appeared ( Figure 2). Turning on Windows Sandbox in the Windows features dialog box.
I was then prompted to restart my laptop. From this dialog, I selected the Windows Sandbox checkbox and then clicked OK ( Figure 1). Once I verified that my system met the requirements for Sandbox, and I installed the beta build of Windows, I brought up Control Panel, selected Programs and then Turn Windows Features On or Off. Sandbox is a feature of Windows 10, so I didn't need to download anything else - I only needed to enable the feature in Windows.
Due to the length of this article on Windows Sandbox, I broke it up into two parts in the first part I explained how I installed a Windows 10 version that can run Sandbox, and in this part I focus on how I installed and used Sandbox.
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