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Tools and documentation for Win32 app isolation
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[Inquiry]: More convenient way to use #68

Open luestr opened 5 months ago

luestr commented 5 months ago

Summary

More convenient way to use

Pitch

From the current point of view, if it cannot provide a more convenient way of use, it may be difficult to be accepted by users, especially ordinary consumers.

This process should require as little user intervention as possible, or as little intervention as possible.

Is it possible to install into the sandbox by right-clicking? Or drag and drop the installation package into the sandbox for automatic installation?

Moreover, there are also some rogue software that use drivers to scan the user's hard drive files, which may also be a problem.

Especially applications from China, they all prefer to use their own drivers to scan all the user's files.

cchavez-msft commented 5 months ago

Hi, @luestr. Thank you so much for your comment! What I can understand from it is that the perception is that users will turn their applications to Win32 App Isolation (AKA AppSilo). However, the feature is intended for app owners to migrate their products from Win32 or any other non-isolated project type to AppSilo. Then, users can enjoy of their applications running in a sandbox environment. Does this answers your question? Please, let us know, we will be happy to discuss.

RealAlphabet commented 2 months ago

Hi, @luestr. Thank you so much for your comment! What I can understand from it is that the perception is that users will turn their applications to Win32 App Isolation (AKA AppSilo). However, the feature is intended for app owners to migrate their products from Win32 or any other non-isolated project type to AppSilo. Then, users can enjoy of their applications running in a sandbox environment. Does this answers your question? Please, let us know, we will be happy to discuss.

I don't understand the two down votes.

From my own understanding, this feature is intended for developers. Would they be able to use AppSilo to create a “sandbox” of third-party software and applications? Is this one of the goals you have already thought about or is it only dedicated to the software and applications they control?

If the case of “sandboxing” is intended, then users can wait for their favorite antivirus (or sandboxing applications) to offer to securely run user applications in a sandbox by leveraging the AppSilo functionality.