Addons Installation Failed! due to missing folders

[offhub]

Describe what you noticed and did

1. Uninstall Sandboxie Plus if it is installed and delete the %ProgramFiles%\Sandboxie-Plus folder if it remains.
2. Install Sandboxie Plus
3. Open Addons Manager (Options > Global Settings)
4. Try to install
   • File Checker: It will throw an Addon Installation Failed! error because the bin folder does not exist in %ProgramFiles%\Sandboxie-Plus directory.
   • SbieHide.dll: It will throw an Addon Installation Failed! error because the SbieHide folder does not exist in %ProgramFiles%\Sandboxie-Plus directory.
   • LogAPI.dll: It will throw an Addon Installation Failed! error because the LogAPI folder does not exist in %ProgramFiles%\Sandboxie-Plus directory.

How often did you encounter it so far?

Every time

Affected program

Not relevant

Download link

Not relevant

Where is the program located?

Not relevant to my request.

Expected behavior

The appropriate folders should also be created when installing addons.

What is your Windows edition and version?

Windows 10 Pro 22H2 64-bit (19045.3208)

In which Windows account you have this problem?

A Microsoft account (Administrator)., An account with UAC protection set to Always notify.

Please mention any installed security software

Microsoft Windows Defender

What version of Sandboxie are you running?

Sandboxie-Plus 1.10.1 64-bit

Is it a new installation of Sandboxie?

I recently did a new clean installation.

Is it a regression?

No response

In which sandbox type you have this problem?

Not relevant to my request.

Can you reproduce this problem on a new empty sandbox?

Not relevant to my request.

Did you previously enable some security policy settings outside Sandboxie?

No response

Crash dump

No response

Trace log

No response

Sandboxie.ini configuration

No response

[wilders-soccerfan]

I tried only for "File Checker" on Win7SP1x64 (v1.10.1, portable folder):

1. Clicking "Install" does create the folder bin with two files. Status shows "Installed".
2. Clicking "Remove" deletes the two files. Folder bin is not deleted. Status still "Installed".
3. I must manually remove bin folder, reopen Global settings and select "Remove" to clear status.

OT: imo, the "Remove" button should be renamed "Uninstall"

[offhub]

You probably didn't have any problems installing addons because the portable version runs from a folder that doesn't require administrator rights.

[DavidXanatos]

Short update on this, it seems we can't use Windows file copy mechanisms to create a directory when admin rights are required, it can only do that when user rights are enough, despite being able to ask for admin rights when copying to an existing folder.

So I'll move the addon functionality to the updutil.exe, this is actually quite a nice improvement, it will allow to add and remove addons using the command line and avoid UAC prompts.

Also the format of the addon data will change, so after the next build is out, the old builds will not be able to handle the data returned by the server. As both previous builds were pre-releases, I think this is fine and we don't need to maintain backwards compatibility for this.

[bastik-1001]

Also the format of the addon data will change (...)

Do users from 1.10.0 and 1.10.1 need to uninstall/remove the addons or can they be updated with the upcoming release?

[DavidXanatos]

Also the format of the addon data will change (...)

Do users from 1.10.0 and 1.10.1 need to uninstall/remove the addons or can they be updated with the upcoming release?

they wil need to reinstall some of them, some will work though not being listed as installed some will not work and not be listed

[bastik-1001]

I think that it is smart to mention this in the release description and in the change-log. While I don't know how many downloaded addons, there have been enough downloads of the pre-releases for users to be confused about why an addon is no longer listed as installed and the rest.

[DavidXanatos]

Yes I'll emphasis this in the next release note