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Codex on Windows fails to install / start

OpenAI Developer Community March 19, 2026
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Codex on Windows 11 fails to start probably because of scandinavian characters in the users name path. Being from Finland my name actually includes a scandinavian character “ä” ”Codex failed to start.” ”EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir ‘C:\Users\usernam�\\.codex\sqlite’

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