diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7523f6fc55..4ab5823647 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
 
+## [1.12.4 / 5.67.4] - 2023-12-
+
+### Fixed
+- fixed running sandboxed processes located in a imdisk volume [#3472](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/discussions/3472)
+
+
+
 ## [1.12.3 / 5.67.3] - 2023-12-02
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h b/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h
index e61310e1dc..6769816883 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h
+++ b/Sandboxie/common/my_version.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #ifndef _MY_VERSION_H
 #define _MY_VERSION_H
 
-#define MY_VERSION_BINARY       5,67,3
-#define MY_VERSION_STRING       "5.67.3"
+#define MY_VERSION_BINARY       5,67,4
+#define MY_VERSION_STRING       "5.67.4"
 #define MY_ABI_VERSION          0x56700
 
 // These #defines are used by either Resource Compiler or NSIS installer
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c b/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c
index aebb9178ee..23b0d836ca 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c
@@ -7321,6 +7321,11 @@ _FX BOOLEAN SbieDll_TranslateNtToDosPath(WCHAR *path)
     const FILE_DRIVE *drive;
     ULONG path_len, prefix_len;
 
+    // 
+    // sometimes we get a DOS path with the \??\ prefix
+    // in such cases we just quickly strip it and are done
+    // 
+
     if (_wcsnicmp(path, L"\\??\\", 4) == 0) {
     
         wmemmove(path, path + 4, wcslen(path) - 4 + 1);
@@ -7368,6 +7373,20 @@ _FX BOOLEAN SbieDll_TranslateNtToDosPath(WCHAR *path)
         return TRUE;
     }
 
+    // 
+    // sometimes we have to use a path which has no drive letter
+    // to make this work we use the \\.\ prefix which replaces \Device\
+    // and is accepted by regular non NT Win32 APIs
+    // 
+
+    if (_wcsnicmp(path, L"\\Device\\", 8) == 0) {
+
+        wcscpy(path, L"\\\\.\\");
+        wmemmove(path + 4, path + 8, wcslen(path + 8) + 1);
+
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
     return FALSE;
 }
 
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/dll/file_snapshots.c b/Sandboxie/core/dll/file_snapshots.c
index bc3566bedb..0113025a4b 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/dll/file_snapshots.c
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/dll/file_snapshots.c
@@ -436,91 +436,91 @@ _FX ULONG File_IsDeletedEx(const WCHAR* TruePath, const WCHAR* CopyPath, FILE_SN
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-NTSTATUS GetPrivateProfileStringNt(const wchar_t* section, const wchar_t* key, const wchar_t* defaultVal, wchar_t* returnedString, size_t size, const wchar_t* fileNtPath) 
-{
-	BOOLEAN foundSection = FALSE;
-	BOOLEAN foundKey = FALSE;
-
-	ULONG sectionLen = wcslen(section);
-	ULONG keyLen = wcslen(key);
-
-    UNICODE_STRING objname;
-    RtlInitUnicodeString(&objname, fileNtPath);
-
-    OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES objattrs;
-    InitializeObjectAttributes(&objattrs, &objname, OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE, NULL, NULL);
-
-    HANDLE hIniFile;
-    IO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock;
-	if (NT_SUCCESS(NtCreateFile(&hIniFile, GENERIC_READ | SYNCHRONIZE, &objattrs, &IoStatusBlock, NULL, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ, FILE_OPEN, FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT | FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE, NULL, 0)))
-	{
-		LARGE_INTEGER fileSize;
-		GetFileSizeEx(hIniFile, &fileSize);
-
-		char* iniDataPtr = (char*)Dll_Alloc((ULONG)fileSize.QuadPart + 128);
-		DWORD bytesRead;
-		ReadFile(hIniFile, iniDataPtr, (DWORD)fileSize.QuadPart, &bytesRead, NULL);
-		iniDataPtr[bytesRead] = L'\0';
-
-        int ByteSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, (char*)iniDataPtr, bytesRead, NULL, 0) + 1;
-        WCHAR* Buffer = (WCHAR*)Dll_Alloc(ByteSize * sizeof(wchar_t));
-        bytesRead = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, (char*)iniDataPtr, bytesRead, Buffer, ByteSize);
-		
-		Dll_Free(iniDataPtr);
-
-		WCHAR* Next = Buffer;
-		while (*Next) {
-			WCHAR* Line = Next;
-			WCHAR* End = wcschr(Line, L'\n');
-			if (End == NULL) {
-				End = wcschr(Line, L'\0');
-				Next = End;
-			}
-			else
-				Next = End + 1;
-			ULONG LineLen = (ULONG)(End - Line);
-			if (LineLen >= 1 && Line[LineLen - 1] == L'\r')
-				LineLen -= 1;
-
-			WCHAR savechar = Line[LineLen];
-			Line[LineLen] = L'\0';
-
-			WCHAR* ptr = Line;
-			ULONG len = LineLen;
-			while (*ptr == L' ' || *ptr == L'\t') { ptr++; len--; }
-
-			if (!foundSection)
-			{
-				if (ptr[0] == L'[' && len - 2 >= sectionLen && _wcsnicmp(ptr + 1, section, sectionLen) == 0 && ptr[1 + sectionLen] == L']')
-					foundSection = TRUE;
-			}
-			else if (ptr[0] == L'[')
-				foundSection = FALSE;
-			else // in section
-			{
-				if (len - 1 >= keyLen && _wcsnicmp(ptr, key, keyLen) == 0 && ptr[keyLen] == L'=')
-				{
-					foundKey = TRUE;
-					ptr += keyLen + 1;
-					while (*ptr == L' ' || *ptr == L'\t') { ptr++; }
-					wcscpy_s(returnedString, size, ptr);
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-
-			Line[LineLen] = savechar;
-		}
-
-		Dll_Free(Buffer);
-
-		NtClose(hIniFile);
-	}
-
-	if (!foundKey)
-		wcscpy_s(returnedString, size, defaultVal);
-
-	return STATUS_SUCCESS;
-}
+//NTSTATUS GetPrivateProfileStringNt(const wchar_t* section, const wchar_t* key, const wchar_t* defaultVal, wchar_t* returnedString, size_t size, const wchar_t* fileNtPath) 
+//{
+//	BOOLEAN foundSection = FALSE;
+//	BOOLEAN foundKey = FALSE;
+//
+//	ULONG sectionLen = wcslen(section);
+//	ULONG keyLen = wcslen(key);
+//
+//    UNICODE_STRING objname;
+//    RtlInitUnicodeString(&objname, fileNtPath);
+//
+//    OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES objattrs;
+//    InitializeObjectAttributes(&objattrs, &objname, OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE, NULL, NULL);
+//
+//    HANDLE hIniFile;
+//    IO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock;
+//	if (NT_SUCCESS(NtCreateFile(&hIniFile, GENERIC_READ | SYNCHRONIZE, &objattrs, &IoStatusBlock, NULL, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ, FILE_OPEN, FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT | FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE, NULL, 0)))
+//	{
+//		LARGE_INTEGER fileSize;
+//		GetFileSizeEx(hIniFile, &fileSize);
+//
+//		char* iniDataPtr = (char*)Dll_Alloc((ULONG)fileSize.QuadPart + 128);
+//		DWORD bytesRead;
+//		ReadFile(hIniFile, iniDataPtr, (DWORD)fileSize.QuadPart, &bytesRead, NULL);
+//		iniDataPtr[bytesRead] = L'\0';
+//
+//        int ByteSize = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, (char*)iniDataPtr, bytesRead, NULL, 0) + 1;
+//        WCHAR* Buffer = (WCHAR*)Dll_Alloc(ByteSize * sizeof(wchar_t));
+//        bytesRead = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, (char*)iniDataPtr, bytesRead, Buffer, ByteSize);
+//		
+//		Dll_Free(iniDataPtr);
+//
+//		WCHAR* Next = Buffer;
+//		while (*Next) {
+//			WCHAR* Line = Next;
+//			WCHAR* End = wcschr(Line, L'\n');
+//			if (End == NULL) {
+//				End = wcschr(Line, L'\0');
+//				Next = End;
+//			}
+//			else
+//				Next = End + 1;
+//			ULONG LineLen = (ULONG)(End - Line);
+//			if (LineLen >= 1 && Line[LineLen - 1] == L'\r')
+//				LineLen -= 1;
+//
+//			WCHAR savechar = Line[LineLen];
+//			Line[LineLen] = L'\0';
+//
+//			WCHAR* ptr = Line;
+//			ULONG len = LineLen;
+//			while (*ptr == L' ' || *ptr == L'\t') { ptr++; len--; }
+//
+//			if (!foundSection)
+//			{
+//				if (ptr[0] == L'[' && len - 2 >= sectionLen && _wcsnicmp(ptr + 1, section, sectionLen) == 0 && ptr[1 + sectionLen] == L']')
+//					foundSection = TRUE;
+//			}
+//			else if (ptr[0] == L'[')
+//				foundSection = FALSE;
+//			else // in section
+//			{
+//				if (len - 1 >= keyLen && _wcsnicmp(ptr, key, keyLen) == 0 && ptr[keyLen] == L'=')
+//				{
+//					foundKey = TRUE;
+//					ptr += keyLen + 1;
+//					while (*ptr == L' ' || *ptr == L'\t') { ptr++; }
+//					wcscpy_s(returnedString, size, ptr);
+//					break;
+//				}
+//			}
+//
+//			Line[LineLen] = savechar;
+//		}
+//
+//		Dll_Free(Buffer);
+//
+//		NtClose(hIniFile);
+//	}
+//
+//	if (!foundKey)
+//		wcscpy_s(returnedString, size, defaultVal);
+//
+//	return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+//}
 
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -536,10 +536,10 @@ _FX void File_InitSnapshots(void)
 	WCHAR SnapshotsIni[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
 	wcscpy(SnapshotsIni, Dll_BoxFilePath);
 	wcscat(SnapshotsIni, L"\\Snapshots.ini");
-	//SbieDll_TranslateNtToDosPath(SnapshotsIni);
+	SbieDll_TranslateNtToDosPath(SnapshotsIni);
 
 	WCHAR Snapshot[FILE_MAX_SNAPSHOT_ID] = { 0 };
-	GetPrivateProfileStringNt(L"Current", L"Snapshot", L"", Snapshot, FILE_MAX_SNAPSHOT_ID, SnapshotsIni);
+	GetPrivateProfileStringW(L"Current", L"Snapshot", L"", Snapshot, FILE_MAX_SNAPSHOT_ID, SnapshotsIni);
 
 	if (*Snapshot == 0)
 		return; // not using snapshots
@@ -570,10 +570,10 @@ _FX void File_InitSnapshots(void)
 		}
 
 		//WCHAR SnapshotName[BOXNAME_COUNT] = { 0 };
-		//GetPrivateProfileStringNt(SnapshotId, L"Name", L"", SnapshotName, BOXNAME_COUNT, SnapshotsIni);
+		//GetPrivateProfileStringW(SnapshotId, L"Name", L"", SnapshotName, BOXNAME_COUNT, SnapshotsIni);
 		//wcscpy(Cur_Snapshot->Name, SnapshotName);
 
-		GetPrivateProfileStringNt(SnapshotId, L"Parent", L"", Snapshot, 16, SnapshotsIni);
+		GetPrivateProfileStringW(SnapshotId, L"Parent", L"", Snapshot, 16, SnapshotsIni);
 
 		if (*Snapshot == 0)
 			break; // no more snapshots
diff --git a/SandboxiePlus/version.h b/SandboxiePlus/version.h
index 934ce54476..cbc954b061 100644
--- a/SandboxiePlus/version.h
+++ b/SandboxiePlus/version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #define VERSION_MJR		1
 #define VERSION_MIN 	12
-#define VERSION_REV 	3
+#define VERSION_REV 	4
 #define VERSION_UPD 	0
 
 #ifndef STR