diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d018a385..74d94daf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 - fixed incorrect text display when changing the password of encrypted boxes or when exporting encrypted boxes [#3296](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/pull/3296)
+- fixed image files not being create as sparse files
 
 
 
diff --git a/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c b/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c
index 6ee12b33..6fac7bd8 100644
--- a/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c
+++ b/Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c
@@ -7321,6 +7321,13 @@ _FX BOOLEAN SbieDll_TranslateNtToDosPath(WCHAR *path)
     const FILE_DRIVE *drive;
     ULONG path_len, prefix_len;
 
+    if (_wcsnicmp(path, L"\\??\\", 4) == 0) {
+    
+        wmemmove(path, path + 4, wcslen(path) - 4 + 1);
+    
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
     if (! File_DrivesAndLinks_CritSec) {    // if not sandboxed
 
         File_DrivesAndLinks_CritSec = Dll_Alloc(sizeof(CRITICAL_SECTION));