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Unable to locate Codex CLI binary on Windows 11

Oct 30, 2026
Are you seeing the "Unable to locate the Codex CLI binary" error when launching the Codex desktop app or running it through PowerShell? Here’s the fix. Link: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/unable-to-locate-codex-cli-binary-on-windows 00:00 intro 00:10 Check whether Windows can actually find Codex 00:38 Check whether the Windows app actually contains codex.exe 01:05 Set Codex_CLI_Path to the native Codex.exe 01:47 Reinstall the Codex CLI with its Windows dependency Run : C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\codex C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\codex.cmd $pkg = Get-AppxPackage OpenAI.Codex Commands: “$($pkg.InstallLocation)\app\resources\codex.exe” –version $npmRoot = npm root -g $npmRoot C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@openai\codex\node_modules\@openai\codex-win32-x64\vendor\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\bin\codex.exe npm uninstall -g @openai/codex npm install -g @openai/codex@latest
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