If you’re using one of the “Pro” versions of Windows 10/11, you should really use Windows Sandbox. It’s a virtual machine built in to Windows. It uses Hyper-V to run its kernel in isolation, and it cannot save any changes, so it’s pristine on every boot.
I recently needed to click on a link in an email I didn’t really trust. Rather than cross my fingers and pray uBlock Origin would save me, I fired up Sandbox and pasted the link into a virtual instance of Edge. Turns out, the link was legit, but had it not been, I coulda just closed the Sandbox window and that woulda been the end of that.
It’s a great feature I think people don’t use enough. It’s kind of hidden in the “Windows Features” applet, but it’s worth digging around for.
It’s only available in Pro and Enterprise versions of Windows.
