codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Windows Computer Use / node_repl fails: spawn setup refresh uses AppData codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe and returns os error 740

Title: Windows Computer Use / node_repl fails: spawn setup refresh uses AppData codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe and returns os error 740

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Environment

• OS: Windows 11 Professional, Windows 10.0.26200, zh-CN
• Codex Desktop package: OpenAI.Codex_26.527.3686.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
• Codex CLI: 0.135.0-alpha.1
• Workspace: D:\Codex\project
• Config includes:
  • [windows] sandbox = "elevated"
  • node_repl configured under mcp_servers.node_repl
• Computer Use plugin enabled: computer-use@openai-bundled

Problem

Windows Computer Use is unusable because node_repl fails during startup.

Minimal Node REPL test:

nodeRepl.write("node_repl_ok")

fails with:

node_repl kernel exited unexpectedly
windows sandbox failed: spawn setup refresh

Key log evidence

Normal shell sandbox setup succeeds using the WindowsApps resources path:

setup refresh: spawning C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.527.3686.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\resources\codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe
setup refresh: processed 2 write roots (read roots delegated); errors=[]
setup binary completed

But node_repl startup uses the AppData local bin path and fails:

START: C:\Users\22241\AppData\Local\OpenAI\Codex\bin\5b9024f90663758b\node.exe --experimental-vm-modules ...
setup refresh: spawning C:\Users\22241\AppData\Local\OpenAI\Codex\bin\7dea4a003bc76627\codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe
setup refresh: failed to spawn ... os error 740

Windows os error 740 means the requested operation requires elevation.

What I tried

• Restarted Codex.
• Ran Codex as administrator.
• Rebooted Windows.
• Reinstalled Codex Desktop.
• Ran AppX re-register:

$pkg = Get-AppxPackage OpenAI.Codex
Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register (Join-Path $pkg.InstallLocation 'AppxManifest.xml')

• Tested with a fresh/renamed .codex directory.
• codex doctor outside the sandbox reports no failures for install/auth/network/state.
• Computer Use still fails because node_repl cannot start.

Expected behavior

node_repl should start successfully, allowing Computer Use to list apps/windows and interact with Windows apps.

Actual behavior

node_repl exits during sandbox setup refresh, so Computer Use cannot initialize.