Attaching a USB drive in sandbox
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 4:51 pm
So maybe my favorite new feature of Windows 10 is the sandbox but connecting a USB drive is a bit of a task.
This is just an overview of a much larger topic, but essentially you can attach a USB drive by creating a text file with some configurations listed. You'll name it anything that has a .WSB extension, and then run it. It will create a sandbox with those controls, including USB drive reading.
I don't wish to prescribe what you put in your config file just because there are a LOT of options (including blocking network access) that are worth exploring. But here's some resources I found on the topic:
Official page: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ ... og-thmaure
A config page: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/05/how ... s-sandbox/ (and this is the page that actually solves it: https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardw ... rives.html)
Note that it does not let you do things like format USB drives or other actions. It's purely read-write actions.
This is just an overview of a much larger topic, but essentially you can attach a USB drive by creating a text file with some configurations listed. You'll name it anything that has a .WSB extension, and then run it. It will create a sandbox with those controls, including USB drive reading.
I don't wish to prescribe what you put in your config file just because there are a LOT of options (including blocking network access) that are worth exploring. But here's some resources I found on the topic:
Official page: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ ... og-thmaure
A config page: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/05/how ... s-sandbox/ (and this is the page that actually solves it: https://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardw ... rives.html)
Note that it does not let you do things like format USB drives or other actions. It's purely read-write actions.