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Why does Sandboxie sometimes require admin permissions when running something that requires it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hormoz" data-source="post: 928301" data-attributes="member: 82841"><p>There have been some discussions about it, on other places (not this forum), but all that I have seen fail to answer the question properly.</p><p></p><p>Why does Sandboxie sometimes, especially when dealing with an installer, require admin permissions if the app requires it too? It's not even the app itself asking for it, but Sandboxie itself, and along with that something also shows up that says the app will still remain sandboxed even if you give sandboxie admin permissions (although it is hard to see it, since it is quickly shadowed by the UAC warning).</p><p></p><p>So, this is not emulating the app, as it is not a sandboxed UAC window asking for admin permissions nor is it even the app asking for it, but it is a legit UAC windows asking for Sandboxie admin permissions. And another common answer is that, some things just can't be sandboxed, but if that were the case, why does it say that the app will still remain sandboxed? So why does it require admin permissions if it can just emulate everything? Is there any security problem in it too?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hormoz, post: 928301, member: 82841"] There have been some discussions about it, on other places (not this forum), but all that I have seen fail to answer the question properly. Why does Sandboxie sometimes, especially when dealing with an installer, require admin permissions if the app requires it too? It's not even the app itself asking for it, but Sandboxie itself, and along with that something also shows up that says the app will still remain sandboxed even if you give sandboxie admin permissions (although it is hard to see it, since it is quickly shadowed by the UAC warning). So, this is not emulating the app, as it is not a sandboxed UAC window asking for admin permissions nor is it even the app asking for it, but it is a legit UAC windows asking for Sandboxie admin permissions. And another common answer is that, some things just can't be sandboxed, but if that were the case, why does it say that the app will still remain sandboxed? So why does it require admin permissions if it can just emulate everything? Is there any security problem in it too? [/QUOTE]
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