C:\Sandbox Question

[turbo]

I am having a hard time undertanding why the C:\ takes up so much memory, however my hard drive properties dont actually show that much space taken.

For example, my hard drive properties show 220 Used, but when I right click on sandboxie and click properties, its over 300GB

Why is it doing this?

Also, if I delete a file outside of sandboxie, will it be removed inside? The reason being is that I erased a file outside of sandboxie but when browsing inside sandboxie it was still there.

Regards

[tzuk]

When you invoke the Delete Contents of Sandbox command, it goes through the contents and calculates the size of the sandbox. What number does it show you?

[Guest10]

The "C:\Sandbox" folder cannot use more hard disk space than is used in "C:\" .
Plus, I seriously doubt that you use 300 GB of hard disk space in C:\Sandbox.
Maybe you mean 300 MB.

Try installing and running WinDirStat to get a good idea of which folders take up the most space on C:
Select C drive when the program starts, and wait for it to analyze the drive.

The top part of the window shows the details, and the bottom part shows a graphical representation of the files.
Click on a folder or file at the top, and see it outlined in the graphic.
Or, click on the graphic to see the file details at the top.

If you delete a file that's outside of the sandbox, a copy of it could still be inside of the sandbox.
If a file that's outside of the sandbox gets copied into the sandbox, perhaps because a sandboxed program modifies it, then deleting the copy outside of the sandbox doesn't affect the copy that's inside of the sandbox.