Rename sandbox operating files to avoid MFT entries on NTFS.

[Ajay]

When sandboxie writes to a sandbox on an NTFS drive every file created get's a metadata entry in the Master File Table (MFT). Would it be possible to:

(a) store all the sandbox in one file registered in the MFT which just changes in size as the sandbox grows.

OR

(b) add a layer that renames the file that is written to the disk with a look up table to select the right file when ever a system component requests it inside the sandbox.

It is nice to have my cache write to the sandbox BUT I don't like that we cant stop the operating system from storing a record of every file accessed, written and moved by sandboxie in my sandbox.

Regards,

Ajay

[tzuk]

Sandboxie doesn't write into the sandbox. It redirects sandboxed programs to write to c:\sandbox\whatever\file rather than to c:\whatever\file.

Therefore it is outside the scope of Sandboxie to do what you're asking.

Consider instead to put your sandboxes on a logical volume that is physically contained within a single NTFS file. For example, a TrueCrypt volume.

[Ajay]

Good idea,

Thanks for the suggestion. That achieves suggestion (a) and I should have thought of that.


Ajay