Release v1.18.2 / 5.73.2

[DavidXanatos]

Release Notes

Sandboxie Plus 1.18.2 / 5.73.2 is a maintenance and usability update that brings several refinements to SandMan, improves compatibility with recent Windows Insider builds, and fixes a number of long-standing UI and driver-related issues.

Sandboxed-window borders have gained new outside-border modes, allowing the configured border to be drawn outside the application frame. For maximized and snapped windows, the new BorderInsideMaximized=y option, enabled by default, automatically moves the border and label inside the window so they remain visible.

SandMan now remembers manually expanded and collapsed process-tree branches across refreshes and restarts. The Auto Expand Tree option has been adjusted accordingly and now acts as the default only for items without an explicitly remembered state. Sandbox groups are likewise kept in their chosen expanded or collapsed state more reliably.

A new global BoxAliasDisplayMode allows display-only aliases to be used for sandbox names throughout SandMan, Start.exe, window titles, borders, tooltips, recovery logs, and messages, while the actual sandbox name continues to be used internally for paths and operations. Imported sandbox archives can optionally restore their saved aliases as well.

The tray menu can now provide a literal search field for quickly filtering sandboxes and groups, and automatic sandbox cleanup gained an option to restore either the active or the default snapshot after deletion. Snapshot management and refresh controls have also been integrated into the relevant settings.

Trace Log handling has been improved so automatic scrolling no longer fights manual navigation. Scrolling away from the bottom now pauses auto-scroll and presents an in-list control for resuming it.

This release also updates DynData and restores driver compatibility with the latest Windows Insider builds, including validation against Windows build 29634.

Among the fixes are corrected File Panel column persistence, more reliable open-handle reporting, improved file sorting, proper Recycle Bin deletion of expanded directory trees, and a fix for registry hive log files such as RegHive.LOG1 and RegHive.LOG2 being incorrectly treated as descendants of RegHive. Several character-versus-byte buffer size issues affecting shortcuts, window class names, configuration reads, driver-log retrieval, and icon-path IPC handling have also been corrected.

ApiTrace has been reworked to avoid stack exhaustion on Cygwin and other environments using unusually small or alternate stacks, while retaining legacy event ordering and stack capture. Stack symbol resolution has also been improved by retrying unresolved addresses after process discovery and refreshing the DbgHelp module list when necessary.

Finally, the release fixes an issue where SandMan could unnecessarily offer to install the DbgHelp add-on when it was already present, as well as a ConfidentialBox=y elevation problem that could leave the user stuck on a black screen.

For a full list of changes please review the change log.

You can support the project through donations, any help will be greatly appreciated.

If you have issues with an update installation, just uninstall the previous version keeping the sandboxie.ini and reinstall the new build.

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