Codex Windows Desktop crashes immediately after startup on Windows 10.0.26200
## Summary
Codex Desktop for Windows launches, writes the first startup
log lines, then exits immediately. A Crashpad .dmp is
created on every launch. The CLI continues to work.
## Environment
- Codex Windows app:
26.611.8604.0 - Previous version before reinstall/update:
26.611.8273.0 - Codex CLI:
0.140.0 - Windows:
10.0.26200 - Runtime shown in Sentry scope: Electron/Chrome
149.0.7827.115
- CPU: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7
- GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- GPU driver:
32.0.101.6874 - Timezone: Asia/Singapore
## Repro Steps
- Install Codex Desktop from Microsoft Store / `winget
install Codex -s msstore`.
- Launch Codex Desktop normally or via:
```powershell
codex app "C:\Users\전목련\Vibe coding\organizer"
- App exits before showing a usable window.
## Observed Behavior
Latest app log contains only:
Launching app agentRunId=null allowDebugMenu=false
allowDevtools=false allowInspectElement=false
buildFlavor=prod enableSparkle=false enableUpdater=true
nodeEnv=undefined packaged=true platform=win32
Appshot hotkey inactive configured=true enabled=true
platform=win32
A new Crashpad dump is created for each launch.
## Expected Behavior
Codex Desktop should stay open and show the workspace UI.
## Diagnostics Already Tried
- Updated/reinstalled Store package from 26.611.8273.0 to
26.611.8604.0.
- Cleared Electron/Chromium cache and profile data.
- Tested with GPU disabled:
--disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing
- Tested stronger software rendering:
--disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-direct-
composition --use-angle=swiftshader --disable-
features=CalculateNativeWinOcclusion
- Tested with updater disabled:
$env:CODEX_SPARKLE_ENABLED='false'
- Tested with a temporary empty CODEX_HOME.
- Tested with an isolated Chromium --user-data-dir.
- Stopped other stale Codex CLI/helper processes.
- CLI still works; only Desktop crashes.
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