What is codex-windows-computer-use?

This repository is a troubleshooting skill for Codex Desktop on Windows, built to work inside OpenAI's Codex tool. Codex supports skills, which are small packages of instructions that teach it how to handle a specific task. This one teaches Codex how to diagnose and repair a common Windows problem where the Chrome and Computer Use plugins refuse to show up or install. The underlying issue happens because Codex Desktop's bundled plugin source, called openai-bundled, sometimes fails to register properly in the plugin marketplace. Windows also protects the folder where Codex is installed, so trying to read or copy files directly from there can throw an error. Instead of changing permissions on that protected folder, which the author says causes more problems than it solves, this skill copies the bundled plugin source into the user's own folder, then registers that copy as a new marketplace source and installs the chrome and computer-use plugins from it. To use it, you clone or download the repository into a specific skills folder inside your Codex configuration directory, then restart Codex Desktop so it notices the new skill. After that you can simply tell Codex in plain language that your Windows Computer Use plugin is broken and ask it to fix it, and Codex will read the included instructions file and follow the repair steps itself. The repository also includes a PowerShell script you can run directly instead of going through Codex. By default the script only prints what it would do, a safe dry run, and you have to add an extra flag to make it actually apply changes. The script checks whether the Codex command line tool is available, locates the protected plugin folder, backs up your existing Codex configuration files, copies the plugin source somewhere safe, then re-registers it and installs the two plugins. You can also point the script at custom folder locations if it cannot find Codex on its own. A short set of frequently asked questions in the README covers closing Codex Desktop before running the repair and what a specific Windows error code means.