Global delete function

[Shield]

Thanks for your efforts wraithdu, but one thing I have noticed is if I keep sandboxed programs running they do not successfully terminate resulting in the sanbox not being properly deleted.

When I first using this, it gave me two errors from Sandboxie which I cannot reproduce (sorry did not record them down)

But I was able to consecutively reproduce these errors from these scenarios

Scenario A:
Box1 and Box2 open with apps.

Error message:
Delete Sandbox: Box1: Please terminate programs running in the sandbox before deleting its contents

Box1 app closed but only Box2 is successfully deleted.

If I close Box1 and leave Box2 open, only Box1 gets deleted.

Scenario B:
Box1 closed. Box2 open with apps.

Error message:
Delete Sandbox: Box2: Please terminate programs running in the sandbox before deleting its contents

Now, when I try to reproduce them, I get errors from Eraserl not being able to delete them.

I think it all steams from the apps not successfully terminating. I realize I could minimize the error by closing the apps but there are times where the apps process refuses to close unless I terminate it.

Anyone else facing these problems ?

[MitchE323]

Are you deleting the contents of the sandboxes while they are open and in use?

[Shield]

Yeah, I am.

But SBDelete was designed to terminate then delete, right? It's not exactly doing it's job.

[MitchE323]

But SBDelete was designed to terminate then delete, right? It's not exactly doing it's job.

Well, it was a gift from wraith so it doesn't have a job but I just took it to be delete only. But maybe you are right.....

[wraithdu]

It will do the same as tzuk's suggested BAT file. For each box it runs -

Start.exe /box:box1 /terminate
Start.exe /box:box1 delete_sandbox

If the apps are not being terminated, then perhaps there is another reason. Can you terminate these apps through Sandboxie Control, or must you use Task Manager?

[SnDPhoenix]

^Or maybe the /terminate switch is broken now?

[wraithdu]

I just tested with 3.33.02 on my Vista machine. I had Firefox opened in one box, and WinRAR in another box. Both boxes successfully had their apps terminated and deleted in turn. Seems to work as advertised.

[SnDPhoenix]

I should test it myself, hold on...

[wraithdu]

Now, there's a more aggressive way to go about this... I could use the /listpids command to get running processes and use another app like taskkill to forcibly kill them instead of the /terminate command. I'd rather not though...

[MitchE323]

OK I got it - Terminate and delete - tested here; IE in a box Powerpoint in another and Psp in a third. All deleted and closed.

[SnDPhoenix]

Nope, doesnt work here.
For me I ran notepad sandboxed and also stuck some junk in the sandbox just to populate it, then in SBDelete when I selected the sandbox and tried to empty it, I got this message:

Though the weird thing is that notepad did indeed terminate... but the sandbox wasn't emptied, I had to do it myself...

[wraithdu]

I could throw in a pause between the terminate and delete phases...do you think 500ms is long enough? Cause if the apps are indeed terminated, then it's just a timing thing. I'm already using a RunWait() command, so the commands won't proceed until the previous one has finished. I suppose Start.exe could end before all the running apps have fully stopped...

[SnDPhoenix]

Yeah sure give it a try, half a second should be good

[wraithdu]

I'm gonna add a few more fun things -
1. SE_DEBUG privilege
2. termination options: 1) start.exe /terminate, 2) TerminateProcess() API

All options can be changed from the INI.

[wraithdu]

[ See new thread. ]

This version should pretty much do it. Now it will get the SE_DEBUG privilege if it can, and provides 2 termination methods via the 'terminate' value in the INI -
1 = use the TerminateProcess() API (default)
2 = use the Start.exe /terminate switch

Both methods will now wait up to 5 seconds for each process to close before issuing the delete_sandbox command. This negates the need for any predefined pause.