claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Claude Desktop - COWORK not present in app - Issue #25136 [1 participants]

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anthropics/claude-code#56868Fetched 2026-05-07 03:43:17
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What's Wrong?

Cowork tab completely absent from navigation — no Chat/Cowork toggle visible

OS: Windows 11 Pro x64 OS Build 26200.8246 Claude Desktop version 1.6259.1 (5095e7) Cowork readiness check: Passed after enabling Virtual Machine Platform Symptom: Cowork tab completely absent from navigation — no Chat/Cowork toggle visible %APPDATA%\Claude folder: Does not exist after clean reinstall — no logs generated, no initialization attempted Steps already completed: Full uninstall, deleted %APPDATA%\Claude and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Claude, removed AppX package via PowerShell, rebooted, fresh reinstall from claude.com/download

What Should Happen?

COWORK should appear in the desktop app.

Error Messages/Logs

No errors presented; COWORK is simply missing from the desktop app.

Steps to Reproduce

N/A - Simply open the desktop app.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

1.6259.1 (5095e7)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Claude Desktop - COWORK not present in app - Issue #25136 [1 participants]