Run in Sandbox: a quick way to run/extract files in Windows Sandbox from a right-click

Note

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This allows you to do the below things in Windows Sandbox just from a right-click by adding context menus:

• Run PS1 as user or system in Sandbox
• Run CMD, VBS, EXE, MSI in Sandbox
• Run Intunewin file
• Open URL or HTML file in Sandbox
• Open PDF file in Sandbox
• Extract ZIP file directly in Sandbox
• Extract 7z file directly in Sandbox
• Extract ISO directly in Sandbox
• Share a specific folder in Sandbox
• Run multiple app´s/scripts in the same Sandbox session

Important

This project has been built on personal time and therefore is not a professional project. Use it at your own risk and please read Installation Guide below before running it.

Installation Guide

• Download the ZIP Run-in-Sandbox project (this is the main prerequisite)
• Extract the ZIP
• The Run-in-Sandbox-master should contain at least Add_Structure.ps1 and a Sources folder
• Please do not download only Add_Structure.ps1
• The Sources folder should contain folder Run_in_Sandbox containing 58 files
• Once you have downloaded the folder structure, check if files have not be blocked after download
• Do a right-click on Add_Structure.ps1 and check if needed check Unblocked
• Run Add_Structure.ps1 with admin rights