Understanding System Requirements to Use Box Tools v4

Locate the correct installer for Box Tools v4 which include Box Edit and Device Trust.

OS Requirements

Windows

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• .NET version 4.8+

MacOS

• The two most recent OS releases.

Network Requirements

 Box Tools v4 requires the ability to communicate with its Box Local Com Server by making requests to 127.0.0.1:17223 (or 127.0.0.1:17224 if port 17223 is occupied) over HTTP.

An exception may need to be added to any firewalls, proxies, anti-virus or security products, and browser extensions that could potentially modify this request to http://127.0.0.1.

The ability to communicate to 127.0.0.1 over HTTP is acceptable by the following w3c standard.

Browser Requirements

Firefox and Chrome

No browser extensions are required for Box Tools v4 to work in the supported versions of Firefox and Chrome, as these browsers should be able to communicate with 127.0.0.1 over HTTP. Please see the network requirements above for more details.

Safari

Box Tools v4 requires the use of a Box Tools Safari Extensions that are installed with Box Tools v4.

After installing Box Tools v4+ for the first time, you must enable these Safari extension for Box Tools v4 to function in Safari.

To enable Safari extensions for Box Tools v4:

1. In Safari Preferences, click Extensions.
2. Check Box Tools Safari Extension.  If you do not see Box Tools Safari Extension, close and reopen Safari and attempt again.
3. In Safari Preferences, navigate to Websites > Extensions.
4. Check Box Tools.

Installers

• Windows: Per-user installer

• Windows: Machine-wide installer

• Mac Installer

Large Scale Deployments

For more information on deploying to multiple users, please see this article:

• https://community.box.com/t5/How-to-Guides-for-Admins/Large-Scale-Deployments-Box-Tools/ta-p/6591