[BUG] Double Ctrl+C deleted claude.exe, install.ps1 failed to reinstall (Windows)

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Dec 3, 2025 by jhhtaylor Closed Feb 8, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Pressed Ctrl+C twice to cancel a request. After that, claude.exe was completely gone and irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex appeared to run successfully but didn't actually reinstall the executable.

What Should Happen?

Pressing Ctrl+C twice to cancel a request should just quit the current Claude Code session

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run Claude Code
  2. Press Ctrl+C twice to cancel
  3. Try to run claude - command not found
  4. Run irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex - reports success
  5. claude.exe still missing from .claude\bin

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.57

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code fixed it.

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