that \DEVICE\* works because it made an exception \Device\HarddiskVolume1,
so this really wasn't about COM or pipes or devices or anthing like this.
It's about paths. More precisely, the lengths of paths.
The default sandbox path %AppData%\Sandbox causes paths like this:
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\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\xxx\Application Data\Sandbox\DefaultBox
\user\current\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player
\#SharedObjects\92ELBKUC\www.redtube.com\_playerx\flash\client_players
\redtube\xmoov_flv_player_update_default.swf\xmoov.sol
Slowly but surely, the long paths create memory corruption errors
within CPF, until the system locks up.
Try setting your sandbox to C:\SANDBOX.