When comparing Sandboxie vs Rapid environment editor, the Slant community recommends Sandboxie for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” Sandboxie is ranked 18th while Rapid environment editor is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Sandboxie is:
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
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Pros
Pro Now free and open source
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
Pro Windows 10/11 Home does not include Sandbox
As that is limited to Pro, this is a great alternative.
Pro Warnings
Displays wrong entries in red, e.g. paths that do no longer exist.
Pro Easy
Editing of Windows environment variables is easy, splits long lines.
Pro Resolve variables values, make easy a refactoring of PATH by extracting different elements in their own new variable
Pro Convert variables between verbatim and expandable
Windows supports referencing variables within variables, but only if they're marked in the registry as expandable, and conversion between the two types is exposed in the context menu for each variable.
Cons
Con Windows 10 has Windows Sandbox
Only relevant if using Pro edition of Windows.
Con Simple
Some may not consider it a "power" user tool.