I accidentally slid files into sandboxie - can they be recovered - how?

I accidentally slid files into sandboxie - can they be recovered - how?
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I accidentally slid files into sandboxie - can they be recovered - how? Caroline Freisen 12-31-2007
Posted by Caroline Freisen on December 31, 2007, 4:38 am
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I was testing out sandboxie on winxp and I accidentally slid some important
files into the folder using the non-sandboxed windows explorer.

Now I can't get to those critical files. Sandboxie won't unhide them. Are
they still there? Can they be gotten out?

Please help!
Caroline

Posted by Caroline Freisen on December 31, 2007, 4:42 am
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:38:21 GMT, Caroline Freisen wrote:
> I was testing out sandboxie on winxp and I accidentally slid some important
> files into the folder using the non-sandboxed windows explorer.
> Now I can't get to those critical files. Sandboxie won't unhide them. Are
> they still there? Can they be gotten out?

I should mention sandboxie was running but only in the background.
I wasn't "using" sandboxie.
When I use sandboxie on purpose, I can undelete files easily.
But in this case, I wasn't using sandboxie. I just slid files into the
sandboxie protected folder. And bam. They all disappeared.

Is there any way to recover the files that were slid into the sandboxie
folder manually? Or are they all gone forever?

Caroline

Posted by Anonymous Sender on December 31, 2007, 5:30 am
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:42:58 GMT, Caroline Freisen wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:38:21 GMT, Caroline Freisen wrote:
>> I was testing out sandboxie on winxp and I accidentally slid some important
>> files into the folder using the non-sandboxed windows explorer.
>> Now I can't get to those critical files. Sandboxie won't unhide them. Are
>> they still there? Can they be gotten out?
>
> I should mention sandboxie was running but only in the background.
> I wasn't "using" sandboxie.
> When I use sandboxie on purpose, I can undelete files easily.
> But in this case, I wasn't using sandboxie. I just slid files into the
> sandboxie protected folder. And bam. They all disappeared.
>
> Is there any way to recover the files that were slid into the sandboxie
> folder manually? Or are they all gone forever?
>
> Caroline

Were you using sandboxie?

Posted by Caroline Freisen on December 31, 2007, 11:44 am
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:30:44 -0500, Anonymous Sender wrote:
>> Is there any way to recover the files that were slid into the sandboxie
>> folder manually? Or are they all gone forever?
>
> Were you using sandboxie?

No. That's the wierd thing. I was OUTSIDE of sandboxie. It was running, I
guess, as a "service" (or whatever it is) but I never hit the sandboxie
buttons.

I was outside of sandboxie, in windows explorer, and all I did was
inadvertently "slide" files into the sandboxie folder and now when I click
on the sandboxie controlled folder, it says permission denied no matter how
many times I change the permissions.

I'm sure this is outside the normal use model but that's why I ask.

Caroline

Posted by hummingbird on December 31, 2007, 12:49 pm
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:44:22 GMT 'Caroline Freisen'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

>On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:30:44 -0500, Anonymous Sender wrote:
>>> Is there any way to recover the files that were slid into the sandboxie
>>> folder manually? Or are they all gone forever?
>>
>> Were you using sandboxie?
>
>No. That's the wierd thing. I was OUTSIDE of sandboxie. It was running, I
>guess, as a "service" (or whatever it is) but I never hit the sandboxie
>buttons.
>
>I was outside of sandboxie, in windows explorer, and all I did was
>inadvertently "slide" files into the sandboxie folder and now when I click
>on the sandboxie controlled folder, it says permission denied no matter how
>many times I change the permissions.
>
>I'm sure this is outside the normal use model but that's why I ask.
>
>Caroline

If Sandboxie creates a folder, can you not get into it through
a half-decent file manager and copy the files out?


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"The actual thread is called *Susan Bugher hides from fact*
started by Hummingbird's sockpuppet on 13th December"
<Franklin>, ACF, 26-Dec-2007

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