In the Win10 system, after uninstalling Codex, deleting the. dex folder and reinstalling it will not start
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 30, 2025 by samasen Closed Jan 17, 2026
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After uninstalling codex in the Win10 system and deleting the. codex folder under the user, when reinstalling, an error loading configuration occurs: the system cannot find the specified file. (os error 2)
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This sounds like it might be a state or configuration issue that's specific to your system. Were you able to get it working? If not, do you have any additional details about the error or your system? There are not enough details above for us to repro or diagnose the problem.
Closing out old bugs.