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How are you using the Codex app on Windows?

OpenAI Developer Community March 16, 2026
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I started using the Windows app a few days ago and it has already become my main chat interface for coding projects on Windows. I would not want to be without it now, but it is still not quite there yet. I still do the actual coding through the CLI because I have not been able to get past a permissions bug. In practice, I have to approve PowerShell commands manually, which feels odd and is a real blocker. It is very useful for sending tasks to the cloud and getting a best-of-four style result when I am out of my depth and need a few additional perspectives. It also feels much better to copy and paste reviews and plans from 5.4 Pro into Codex Chat than to deal with the current CLI workflow. What I do not understand is why folders are still not a basic feature. After only a few days, I am already back to using complicated naming schemes with multiple variables just to keep track of my chats, and that does not scale when there are too many of them. Overall, I am a fan, but my heart is still in the terminal, where I can control permissions the way I need.

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