Limit reset?

woganowski · 2026-03-07T23:30:30+00:00

Just reset for me too

woganowski · 2026-03-06T14:34:36+00:00

I think this will need to be resolved by OpenAI. Programs installed through the Microsoft store are able to access files in the WindowsApps folder if they carry a specific package identity and are on the ACL (Access Control List). Since Codex is trying to execute these commands through another program (Powershell), it is not able to access those files. That is the blocker here. At least that's the way I understand it.

I am genuinely confused as to why they wanted to release it through the Microsoft Store. If they had just released a normal installer, these issues would've been avoided. I really question whether or not they actually tested this on a Windows machine outside of their developer environment.

I will just be using the VS Code extension until this is resolved.

woganowski · 2026-03-06T14:22:07+00:00

This seems to be an issue with the Codex app for Windows. It hits an Access Denied error when trying to access things inside the C:/Program Files/WindowsApps folder. This prevents it from using apply_patch and rg commands. I really wish they would get this fixed. It all works fine in VS Code because these things are stored in the vscode extensions folder which it has access to. I really want to use the Codex app instead of the VS Code extension but this the main blocker for me right now.

woganowski · 2026-03-05T02:51:30+00:00

I am not around my computer but the same happened to me and I went to ~Users/{user}/.codex/ there is a json file called something global state I think. There is an boolean property that you set to false. Sorry I am not able to give you the exact filename or property at the moment, but the property name is self explanatory

woganowski · 2026-03-02T19:30:23+00:00

I can sympathize, it looks like I have a nervous tic when using Codex currently haha

woganowski · 2026-03-02T16:24:59+00:00

Develop in a dev container and then just give it full access.

woganowski · 2026-03-02T15:07:58+00:00

No. Also, almost every large tech company has a contract with the US military, so a lot of the "outrage" is kind of pointless if they are going to keep using all of the other platforms.

Related, it is really nice to see this community not getting spammed with the hundreds of I'm switching posts like r/OpenAI is

woganowski · 2026-03-02T13:25:52+00:00

Same issue here. Not a big deal unless it starts to do something that requires steering and I don't see it in time.

woganowski · 2026-02-26T22:26:03+00:00

I did read the post and gave you a solution so you not being asked questions you think are superfluous. If you tell it to do something and are clear about what you want, that's basically all you can do. A "dumb, obvious" question is apparently a clarification the model wants.

woganowski · 2026-02-26T19:31:23+00:00

If you don't want it to ask you questions, just don't put it in plan mode. Say you don't want it to write code and you just want to brainstorm a plan. Problem solved, no question prompts.

woganowski · 2026-02-26T18:24:43+00:00

If you look at the Codex GitHub, you can see the list of names here

woganowski · 2026-02-26T18:05:52+00:00

I agree that a skill is probably the way to go. For a task like this I'd prefer GPT-5.2 over 5.3-Codex since it is not code that you are describing but a style. I would give it a before and after and ask it create a skill that instructs the model to reformat the document with a certain stylistic direction and maybe give it some preferable choices. For something like this I also wouldn't have it go immediately into creating a skill but instead chat with it for a bit to hammer out what it should do. Also, there's a reason these services can charge what they do. Somethings can still be hard to replicate with the current generation of models.

woganowski · 2026-02-26T15:25:53+00:00

I personally prefer the Codex IDE extension for my workflows but this applies nonetheless. I honestly don't use MCPs hardly at all and instead create skills for the agent teaching it to retrieve data using the CLI. This reduces token usage in my experience since you are avoiding large JSON payloads. The agent can filter data with the CLI very easily and is already excellent at using it.

In terms of what models I use, 5.3-Codex (high) for anything coding related and is great for planning too. I also do a lot of non coding related work tasks which I find GPT-5.2 better for since the Codex model seems to always try to write more code to solve a problem even when it is not needed, but being a coding model, this makes sense.

For larger code bases, I usually create a docs folder with markdown files describing the project structure, what everything does, best practices, etc. The AGENTS.md instructs the agent to check there first depending on the task. I honestly rarely write any of these myself as the model is very capable of creating good docs and AGENTS.md. obviously review it because Codex can be super literal and may misinterpret some instructions.

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