Known by the internal name Sandboxie Control, the sbiectrl.exe process is a Windows file, and a part of Sandboxie, which is a product software developed by Sandboxie, Ltd., or Tzuk. The file that is bundled in the software is also called Sandboxie. The program that is associated with it is a type of security and privacy program that is created to be compatible with Microsoft Windows operating systems, which include Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. When Sandboxie is downloaded, this is able to run some applications in a separate space, to avoid them making any permanent changes to other software installed, as well as data stored on the computer. Also included upon installation are the components, such as the sbiectrl.exe file, which is the Sandboxie Control service. This serves as the graphical front end to the software Sandboxie, and is used to control a lot of the aspects of the program, which include to start and stop applications under the software’s supervision, view stored files, recover files, delete data, and creates sandboxes with the option to delete or configure them.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. sbiectrl.exe. is used by Sandboxie, If you shut down sbiectrl.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop sbiectrl.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Sandboxie, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed sbiectrl.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Sandboxie, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if sbiectrl.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that sbiectrl.exe, belongs to, in this case Sandboxie