Rene Lamontagne wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

My next guess based on a lack of your Windows edition and its build
is that maybe it has to do with the new sandbox feature.

Yes, it has everything to do with the Sandbox.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-u...ay-2019-update

Sounded interesting until I got to:

Windows Sandbox is a virtual machine created on demand using
Microsoft's hypervisor using the same OS image as the one on your
machine.

"hypervisor" clued me in that a Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition is
required. The Home edition doesn't have HyperVisor, and that's what I
have.

Guess I'll have to keep using a long-time VMM (Virtual Machine Manager),
like VirtualBox or VMplayer, and run a guest OS' in a virtual machine.

https://ittutorials.net/microsoft/wi...ox-vs-hyper-v/

which says:

Sandbox is not a virtualization hypervisor like Hyper-v or VirtualBox
so there is no need to download VHD or ISO images to run Windows
Sandbox as its built-in in the host operating system using a container
so the resource utilization is very low compared to Hyper-V or
VirtualBox.

I have 64 GB system memory (RAM), oodles of free disk space, and 6
processor cores (12 with hyperthreading), so I'm not concerned that
VirtualBox has a bigger footprint. I also like that I can save the VHD
file at different stages of state, like when the OS is first installed
in a VM, after applying all available updates, after some particular app
configuration, etc. I can choose at which state is the VM for testing.
With the Win10 Sandbox, looks like it is a fresh start on every use.
Since some programs require additional setup, like installing
Ghostscript for many of the PDF emulated printers or some other
ancilliary software to get a program to work, starting fresh means a lot
more setup when starting to use a new instance of the Win10 Sandbox.

This seems another case of Microsoft adopting some technology too late.
HyperVisor has been around a long time and lets you run multiple OSes,
but this new Sandbox feature seems over a decade too late and is overly
crippled for features. Seems like a new feature that is, alas, geared
to the lowest common denominator of users (aka boobs).