SandboxPath Parameter

The SandboxPath parameter determines the path to the sandbox.

The path to the sandbox can be relative or absolute, can include folder macros or environment variables, and can exist on a network drive.

You might work with the SandboxPath parameter to address local, USB drive, or network needs, to address space limitations in the initial sandbox location, or to move the sandbox to the desktop for troubleshooting purposes. The sandbox path does not include the sandbox name because the SandboxName parameter determines that name.

Modifying the SandboxPath Parameter

You can modify the SandboxPath parameter to create the sandbox in the same directory as the executable file. If Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is the value of the SandboxName parameter, you can create the Mozilla Firefox 3.0 sandbox in the same directory that Firefox runs from.

[BuildOptions]
SandboxPath=.

You can create the sandbox in a subdirectory subordinate to the executable file location.

[BuildOptions]
SandboxPath=LocalSandbox\Subdir1

You can create the sandbox in the %AppData% folder of the user under the Thinstall directory.

[BuildOptions]
SandboxPath=%AppData%\Thinstall

You can store the sandbox on a mapped drive to back up the sandbox or to keep application settings for users who log in to any machine. If Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is the value of the SandboxName parameter, you can create the sandbox in Z:\Sandbox\Mozilla Firefox 3.0.

[BuildOptions]
SandboxPath=Z:\Sandbox