App Review How to enable ‘Windows Sandbox’ on Windows 10

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It MAY be possible to use on Windows 10 Home Edition - Check for Known Issues on Page 3 - might be a bug preventing it.



Official info about Windows Sandbox from Microsoft

Applies to:
  • Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise
  • OS build 18305 or later (Settings ⚙ > System > About ℹ)
  • AMD64 architecture
  • Virtualization capabilities enabled in BIOS
  • At least 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
  • At least 1 GB of free disk space (SSD recommended)
  • At least 2 CPU cores (4 cores with hyperthreading recommended)
Windows Sandbox is a new lightweight desktop environment tailored for safely running applications in isolation.

At Microsoft we regularly encounter these situations, so we developed Windows Sandbox: an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your PC. Any software installed in Windows Sandbox stays only in the sandbox and cannot affect your host. Once Windows Sandbox is closed, all the software with all its files and state are permanently deleted.

Windows Sandbox has the following properties:
  • Part of Windows – everything required for this feature ships with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. No need to download a VHD!
  • Pristine – every time Windows Sandbox runs, it’s as clean as a brand-new installation of Windows
  • Disposable – nothing persists on the device; everything is discarded after you close the application
  • Secure – uses hardware-based virtualization for kernel isolation, which relies on the Microsoft’s hypervisor to run a separate kernel which isolates Windows Sandbox from the host
  • Efficient – uses integrated kernel scheduler, smart memory management, and virtual GPU

Find out more: Windows Sandbox
 

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