Uninstall & remove all traces

[Organdude]

Hi Everyone,

For the time being, I need to uninstall Sandboxie and remove all traces of the program from my wife’s PC.
However after uninstalling with Revo Uninstaller I have discovered a leftover Sandbox folder in the main directory of the C: drive.

Questions:
Is it safe to delete this folder and all of its contents?
Are there any other leftover remnants in other locations that can also be safely deleted?

Thanks for any feedback,

Organdude

[Guest10]

Assuming that you mean C:\Sandbox, then yes - delete the folder if Sandboxie has been uninstalled.
I assume that the C:\Program Files\Sandboxie folder is gone.
The 'sandboxie.ini' file should also be gone, from the Windows folder.

[Organdude]

Thanks for your reply Guest10!

Yes, the correct location for the folder that I was asking about is: C:\Sandbox

The other file by the way was not removed after uninstalling, but I will delete it as well: C:\Program Files\Sandboxie

Are there any other leftover bits and pieces: regsitry, context menu, etc.?

I'm troubleshooting some problems right now and I'm hoping that a clean uninstall of Sanboxie will help eliminate it from the list of possible suspects.

Any further input or suggestions would always be appreciated!

[Guest10]

It doesn't sound like a complete uninstall, if the Program Files folder wasn't deleted.

I would use Windows Explorer, to make a couple of tests:
1) Right-click a file, and see if the "Run Sandboxed" entry is gone from the Windows Explorer's context menu
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\sandbox
2) Do the same thing with a folder, to see that there is no "Run Sandboxed" entry there, as well.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\sandbox

From HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"SandboxieControl" REG_SZ "C:\Program Files\Sandboxie\SbieCtrl.exe"
should be gone.

This doesn't mean that there aren't still numerous items scattered through-out the Registry, concerning Sandboxie. After all, Windows is notorious for caching information in the Registry, and failing to ever delete it. I can't think of anything else that needs to be removed.

[Guest]

The problem is sandboxie uninstaller, does not do a complete job one reason I don't want it on my system.
Close to 50 that I could find, entries left behind, probable more. This is not a windows problem, but the programmers.

[Organdude]

Thanks again Guest10 for your response.

A clean removal tool is something the developers should look into; apparently others are experiencing similar issues:

http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5876

http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5848

Don’t get me wrong here, I think that Sandboxie is an excellent utility and I’ve used it on my own system without ever having a problem, however a clean uninstall tool would be a nice touch that would only enhance the image and credibility of the program. (Look at the banner at the top of the Sanboxie website: "Sandboxie / Trust No Program". What about trusting Sandboxie to make a clean departure when called upon?)

Hey, using Sandboxie is supposed to keep your system clean, so why should it be a challenge to clean your system of Sandboxie?