Installing MSI fails due to a directory creation? #219
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fixed in next build
Fixed in the next Sandboxie version
Workaround
Temporary or alternative solution
Driver version 5.45.0
It seems that MSI installer fails to create C:\Config.Msi\ inside the sandbox. This results in installation failures, for example Python.
Repro steps
Got Python x86 webinstaller (https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.1/python-3.9.1-webinstall.exe) then ran it inside DefaultBox:
Here's the logs:
Python 3.9.1 (32-bit)_20201210190017_000_core_JustForMe.log
Python 3.9.1 (32-bit)_20201210190017.log
The suspected line for failure was (core_JustForMe.log, line 309):
This makes no sense because the account had every rights -- It was an admin account and the installer was under UAC elevation. Trying to manually create that folder within the sandboxed explorer worked smoothly.
So I actually tried to create that folder (
C:\Config.Msi\
) inside the sandbox and then ran the Python installer. Then the installation worked without failure.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: