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Re:Containers for Windows by frik on Thursday November 27, 2014 @01:13PM (#8668304)
> Spoon is the first and only containerization service available on the Windows platform

Sandboxie was the first one: http://www.sandboxie.com , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandboxie

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Re:Containers for Windows by RachelF on Thursday November 27, 2014 @09:25PM (#8669417)
Thinstall, bought by VmWare and rebranded and ThinApp is another.

Thinstall worked well on Windows Vista, but battled to work properly on Windows 7.

The problem with working with Microsoft is that you're one Windows Update away from having it cause issues with your product.

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Re:Containers for Windows by kybernetikos on Friday November 28, 2014 @03:09PM (#8672020)
I'd also come across FeatherweightVM http://sourceforge.net/projects/fvm-rni/
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