Suspend Sandbox

[WBM]

Hi -
There are times where I would like to temporarily suspend the application of a Sandbox to make permanent adjustments to the application configuration. For example, if I have a Sandbox for Excel that forces Excel to sandbox (to avoid problems with malicious workbooks) and want to permanently change a setting (i.e. alter macro security settings), I have one of two options (of which I am aware):

• go into the configuration of the Sandbox and de-list the excel application from the forced program listing, run the program to make the change, then re-edit the sandbox configuration or
  make a chage while sandboxed and search through the modified configuration files to restore the appropriate file (cannot do with registry keys)

Can we add an option to the context menu for a sandbox to disable/ suspend the sandbox? This would provide a simple way to run a program to make a change and re-sandbox. It may also make sense to add a quick warning modal to confirm that the user wants to disable the sandbox and relate the security implications-- as well as the option to not ask every time for more experienced users.

Thanks for the great product!

[Guest10]

Possibilities:
1) Set the Disable Forced Programs time to a long time, under Sandboxie's File > Disable Forced Programs.
Say, 360 seconds. After that you can right-click the tray icon and Disable Forced Programs, whenever desired.
When you want forces re-enabled, right-click the Sandboxie tray icon and left-click on Disable Forced Programs.

2) Create a special shortcut that will run the program unforced, using a combination of the Sandboxie start.exe program and the command line switch /disable_force
Example, using Thunderbird:
"C:\Program Files\Sandboxie\Start.exe" /disable_force "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe"

3) Update to Sandboxie v3.45.10 or later. Right-click a shortcut for the program, choose Run Sandboxed, and then click on Run Outside Sandbox.
http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7511
Or right-click on the program's shortcut and hold down the Ctrl-Shift keys while clicking on Run Sandboxed.

[WBM]

Thanks - The Ctrl+Shift+"Run Sandbox" option works well. Just a couple follow-up items:

• 1) Is there a central location for documented Sandboxie shortcuts such as the one noted? (I searched on the forum/ FAQ quickly, but nothing jumped out)
  2) I'm running version 3.442 and attempted to check for newer versions via Help -> Check for Updates, but the program does not find newer versions. Has v3.45.10 been "officially" released? (I have downloaded the linked version in the thread referenced)

Thanks again!

[Guest10]

1) Is there a central location for documented Sandboxie shortcuts such as the one noted?

No, because there aren't many (yet).

2) Help -> Check for Updates... Has v3.45.10 been "officially" released?

No, it's a beta version and won't be found that way.