Computer Use entirely unavailable on Windows 11

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Jul 8, 2026 by openvector-labs
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

Version 26.623.141536 • Released Jul 6, 2026

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

I downloaded Codex, completely fresh from the Windows store. There is absolutely no Computer Use, no Browser Use, and nothing of that sort in the plugins and in the settings menu.

<img width="1263" height="796" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1ff1a025-df59-4748-b324-92e705cdbe02" />

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: no-active-thread-019f40f6-b12f-70b3-8c90-7bcc9171138b

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

This has persisted for the past several months. How is Codex SO BAD on Windows?

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 1 month ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #30270
  • #31078
  • #30419
  • #30366
  • #30259

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openvector-labs · 1 month ago

I look at all the duplicated. I tried every single solution. Deleting the openai bundled folder, re-installing the app, chaning the config file. Nothing worked. Computer use and Browser use plugins are completely unavailaable and nowhere to be found. @openai any advice on this ?