I've noticed that DuckDuckgo now has its own browser for desktop computers, however, I don't seem to be able to use Sandboxie with it the way that I can with the Edge browser. Therefore, does anyone know if they are compatible with each other?
that browser is ms store only, so treated as a real app, so its installed in your user profile. it contains a full feature browser engine (chromium) and do not use anything else. might help you, i dont care about ddg browser.
learn about apps from ms store works, then you got it. or use programs like "process monitor" to extend your knowledge. this is nothing you can get in words or in minutes,this need fundamental knowledge, or forget it. same as your question for android. investigate, or drop it.
I believe what Brummelchen means is that Sandboxie doesn't support UWP apps. These are apps that you can only download from the MS Store. So it's not a normal .exe file, this is my biggest complaint about the DuckDuckGo browser on Windows. I wonder if it has something to do with that DDG's browser is based on the Edge WebView2 browser engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_apps
DDG is no UWP, its a normal program labeled as app and installed into users profile, see also https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...ed-desktop-browser.442897/page-3#post-3152286 quite a while ago i installed it to see whats behind. some apps go here (but not ddg). c:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps\
dont know, you have to ask David or wait until he answered current files to load, first from ddg, second is from the "appinstaller" file (which is an XML inside) Code: https://staticcdn.duckduckgo.com/windows-desktop-browser/DuckDuckGo.appinstaller (824 Bytes) https://staticcdn.duckduckgo.com/d5c04536-5379-4709-8d19-d13fdd456ff6/0.58.1.0/DuckDuckGo_0.58.1.0.msixbundle (824 megabytes, contains x86 and x64) msixbundle is a zip container format, contains msix for both, msix can be used, msix is also zip type. oh, thats new for my, it is really put into c:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps\ "DuckDuckGo.DesktopBrowser_0.58.1.0_x64__ya2fgkz3nks94" so well, SB is throwing access denied, error 5. what else to know? windows apps are running inside the windows sandbox, its profile+data is put here %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DuckDuckGo.DesktopBrowser_ya2fgkz3nks94 (the "ya2fgkz3nks94" may vary for security reason, never investigated) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview so the app is run in a safer environment, similar to sandboxie ok, could be a lasting issue: https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/issues/19 so the current answer seems to be : no, no UWP, no Apps from store.
You can run DuckDuckGo.exe from Sandboxie's "Run Program" menu with the following settings. But the sound will not work. Settings: (The first setting requires a supporter certificate. Otherwise, the browser will close after 5 minutes) Code: NoSecurityFiltering=y Template=OpenProtectedStorage Run program: Code: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\DuckDuckGo.DesktopBrowser_0.58.1.0_x64__ya2fgkz3nks94\WindowsBrowser\DuckDuckGo.exe"
OK thanks for the info. It does indeed seems to be because Windows Store apps are using its own virtualization system. But that's not the same as Windows Sandbox if I'm correct. OK so there is a workaround. Strange that sound won't work though, you mean on for example YouTube videos?
my bad, sorry, i mixed it up. should be this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/msix-container https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/appcontainer-for-legacy-applications- nevertheless i did not manage it to run ddg in sandboxie.
OK I see. Yes this might be it, that these type of apps probably make use of AppContainer, so Sandboxie can't control them.
