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3.5
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ONFIGURING THE SANDBOX LOCATION
Depending on the configured isolation settings, certain edit and write operations may be redirected
by the Novell virtualization engine into an application sandbox- a filesystem folder where isolated
modifications are persisted. Typically, the sandbox is located in a folder or network share where
the user has full read and write permissions, allowing sandbox contents to be accessed and
modified by the end user without any authentication or UAC prompts.
3.5.1
Sandbox placement considerations
Please note the following recommended practices when configuring the sandbox location:
By default, the sandbox is placed in the
@APPDATALOCAL@\Novell\Sandbox\@TITLE@\@VERSION@ folder, where the
@APPDATALOCAL@ token represents the local Application Data folder, and @TITLE@,
and @VERSION@ represent the application title and version respectively. The application title
and version are configured in the Properties area. This location is the recommended default
location for sandbox contents, as end users have full permissions to this location on standard
Windows configurations. Note that distinct builds of the same virtual application use the same
sandbox locations by default; you may want to modify this behavior if persisted user settings
should not be preserved between virtual application updates.
When publishing a new version of a virtual application, direct the sandbox to the same location as
the older version if you want user settings and data to be retained in the new version. Direct the
sandbox to a different location (typically, by rolling the subdirectory version number forward) if
you want user settings and data to be reset.
If deploying the virtual application on a USB device, place the sandbox in a subfolder of the
@APPDIR@ directory, which represents the location of the virtual application executable. This
will have the effect of directing writes to the USB device. The recommended sandbox location for
USB deployment is:
@APPDIR@\Novell\Sandbox\@TITLE@\@VERSION@
If deploying the virtual application on an intranet file share, place the sandbox in a user-accessible
subfolder on a shared network drive. The recommended sandbox location for intranet deployment
is:
\\ServerName\ShareName\%USERNAME%\Novell\Sandbox\@TITLE@\@VERSION@
Generally, you should not place the sandbox under any privileged folders, such as @WINDIR@
or @PROGRAMFILES@. The virtual application may fail to execute properly if the Novell
engine is unable to write to the sandbox location at runtime.
Environment variables may be referenced within the sandbox location by enclosing the variable
between percent signs, i.e. %VARIABLE%.
3.5.2
Sandbox location variables
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