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Windows Sandbox - Config Files

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Hari_Pulapaka
Iron Contributor
Feb 21, 2019
Since the initial announcement of Windows Sandbox, we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Thank you for your support! We are glad that this feature resonates with the Windows communi...
Updated Dec 12, 2022
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Omnius
Copper Contributor
May 29, 2019
After playing with creating configuration files, the MappedFolder feature is pretty disappointing. Here is a list of things that I tried that failed:
  1. Mount an ISO on the host before the Sandbox then use MappedFolder to map that ISO into the Sandbox (get confusing error when launching Sandbox).
  2. Mount the root of any drive (get confusing error when launching Sandbox).
  3. Mount a path containing an ISO then try to mount it in the Sandbox (refuses to mount the ISO).
  4. Copy the ISO file to drive C: and then mount it (refuses to mount the ISO).
  5. Do all the above with a tiny ISO (thinking that size might be the problem), nope.
  6. Mount two paths that end in folders with the same name (throws error, file already exists). Disappointing.
I think I'll go back to my test virtual machine, it's not activated either, but at least it works.