CoworkVMService "Access Denied" on Windows 10 - SSH broken
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- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
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- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.19045)
Claude Desktop: 1.1.3189 (MSIX package)
cowork-svc.exe fails with "Access is denied" when executed
directly or as a service. MSIX sandbox restrictions on
Windows 10 prevent the service from running.
Result: SSH connections fail with "Host denied (verification
failed)" because CoworkVMService never starts.
What Should Happen?
THe ssh connection to remote server should start successfully
Error Messages/Logs
Host denied (verification failed) Try again
PS C:\Windows\system32> & "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Claude_1.1.3189.0_x64__pzs8sxrjxfjjc\app\resources\cowork-svc.exe" 2>&1
Program 'cowork-svc.exe' failed to run: Access is deniedAt line:1 char:1
+ & "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Claude_1.1.3189.0_x64__pzs8sxrjxfjjc\ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
At line:1 char:1
+ & "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Claude_1.1.3189.0_x64__pzs8sxrjxfjjc\ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed
Steps to Reproduce
Create ssh connection on remote server on Windows 10, Cloude App
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
Opus 4.6
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Windows Terminal
Additional Information
<img width="1920" height="1150" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/016fdc30-5966-4d01-8d06-ca642e85a187" />
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