Computer Use cannot enumerate Windows apps: EnumWindows fails with 0x80070003
Open 💬 2 comments Opened Aug 10, 2026 by prashantbhamu
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Summary
In Codex Desktop on Windows, the bundled Computer Use plugin cannot inspect or control tagged desktop applications because window enumeration fails.
Reproduction
- Tag Microsoft Calculator in a Codex task.
- Ask Codex to inspect Calculator and perform a calculation strictly using the Computer Use plugin.
- Initialize
@oai/skyas documented by the bundledcomputer-useskill. - Call
sky.list_windows().
Actual result
EnumWindows failed: The system cannot find the path specified. (0x80070003)
Additional observations:
sky.list_apps()fails with the sameEnumWindowserror.sky.launch_app({ app: "C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe" })returns:
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Error: node_repl exec context not found
- The bundled skill instructs callers to use
sky.documentation("guidance"),sky.documentation("confirmations"), andsky.documentation("api"), but the loadedskyobject has nodocumentationmethod. - Calculator itself can run; the failure appears confined to the Computer Use control/runtime path.
Environment
- Codex Desktop on Windows
- Computer Use plugin skill bundle:
26.803.41515 - Date observed: 2026-08-10
- Target app: Microsoft Windows Calculator (
Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App)
Expected result
Computer Use should enumerate the tagged Calculator window, inspect its state, send calculator input, and read the displayed result.
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2 Comments
Related report: #37281 covers the accompanying
node_repl exec context not foundfailure. This issue additionally captures the earlierEnumWindows/0x80070003failure and thesky.documentationAPI mismatch.Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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