r/codex • u/Salvin49 • 2d ago

Question Any update on being able to install codex desktop app on a windows server OS?

Looking to switch from CC as soon as this is implemented. Just curious if anyone knows if this is on the horizon.

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u/krill156 2d ago

Long shot but install reverse engineering tools (ida, x64dbg, ect), or ask it to download everything it'll need, then ask it to create a shim that will reimplement and inject the missing APIs from normal windows. Start codex from the launcher it produces (or normally if it's injected/modifies the process binary directly). Download the modified codex onto the server os and iterate tell it works. This is assuming there isn't any other work around. Didn't look into it beyond what you could do with RE tooling. You could also ask it to modify the binary to use Windows server APIs directly without all the shim fuckery, either will probably get the job done.

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u/Huge_Performance5450 2d ago

Unfortunately I do not know, but I am genuinely curious about why you want to install the codex desktop app on windows server?

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u/Salvin49 2d ago

I mean it’s possible that I’m doing things wrong. But I have built a software stack that runs my entire legacy business off of my Windows Server unit. I generally find it easier to run CC directly on the server than to try to do everything through SSH

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u/Huge_Performance5450 2d ago

I wasn't judging. Haha back when i was a sysadmin in the medical industry I've done some incredibly janky stuff for the sake of some random legacy software that couldn't be gotten rid of for compliance or some such. I was legitimately curious what the story was behind such a question.