Changed title: IE won't run virtualised in AIS - solved

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I rarely use IE, but Ccleaner always seems to find some IE files to remove. I suspect this is because some programs use it for updating.

If I set IE to “Always run in Sandbox” in AIS, would this interfere with any of the normal functioning/updating of other programs on my system?

Thanks for any help (I realise I could always just try it, but I’m not sure ifthis may cause problems, and someone else always seems to know/have tried it).

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XP needs it to update Windows.
But there are many (if any) programs that use it to update themselves.
CCleaner will delete/remove files of IE and they’re not necessarily related to updating.
You can set IE to run in AIS sandbox though. I don’t know if you will be able to update Windows. Can you try?

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Well, I tried, and I think I should change the title of this thread to “IE won’t run in sandbox in AIS 5.0.545”.

This is a bit puzzling, since:
(i) firefox runs OK in AIS sandbox
(ii) IE runs OK outside sandbox - so I don’t think it’s an AIS firewall issue
(iii) I think I have had IE running virtualised previously with AIS.

I have tried repairing AIS and rebooting.

Can anyone offer any ideas as to what might be wrong?
Thanks

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Problem solved - I disabled a Java plug-in as advised by pk in an earlier post - thanks

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I think I also have the answer to my original question “If I set IE to “Always run in Sandbox” in AIS, would this interfere with any of the normal functioning/updating of other programs on my system?”

SAS uses IE to update, and it updates OK when IE is set to Always run in Sandbox, so I think it must just be the web browser of IE that is virtualised.

(@ Tech - Reply #1 - I tried Windows Update - it checked OK, but found I had no missing urgent updates - so I didn’t find out yet if it would have successfully downloaded)