[Bug] 2.1.69 TUI hangs on Windows due to config directory creation failure (EEXIST)

Bug Description
Version 2.1.69 TUI hangs on Windows (blank screen after launch)
--print mode works fine
2.1.68 works fine via Node
Error in debug log: EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'C:\Users\id' (the HOME/config write regression)
Windows 11, Windows Terminal, PowerShell 7.5.4

Environment Info

• Platform: win32
• Terminal: windows-terminal
• Version: 2.1.69
• Feedback ID: d79415be-8e86-40f2-b415-868eabeb9079

Errors

[{"error":"AxiosError: timeout of 5000ms exceeded\n    at nT.<anonymous> (file:///C:/Users/id/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:91:10353)\n    at nT.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at Timeout.<anonymous> (file:///C:/Users/id/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:90:5608)\n    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:594:17)\n    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:529:7)\n    at uy6.request (file:///C:/Users/id/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:93:2132)\n    at async p_8 (file:///C:/Users/id/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:732:20523)","timestamp":"2026-03-05T03:30:14.876Z"},{"error":"ST1: Failed to install new version of claude:  npm warn cleanup Failed to remove some directories [\nnpm warn cleanup   [\nnpm warn cleanup     'C:\\\\Users\\\\id\\\\AppData\\\\Roaming\\\\npm\\\\node_modules\\\\@anthropic-ai\\\\claude-code',\nnpm warn cleanup     [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\\Users\\id\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\@anthropic-ai\\claude-code\\vendor\\ripgrep\\x64-linux'] {\nnpm warn cleanup       errno: -4048,\nnpm warn cleanup       code: 'EPERM',\nnpm warn cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',\nnpm warn cleanup       path: 'C:\\\\Users\\\\id\\\\AppData\\\\Roaming\\\\npm\\\\node_modules\\\\@anthropic-ai\\\\claude-code\\\\vendor\\\\ripgrep\\\\x64-linux'\nnpm warn cleanup     }\nnpm warn cleanup   ]\nnpm warn cleanup ]\nnpm error code ECONNRESET\nnpm error syscall read\nnpm error errno -4077\nnpm error network read ECONNRESET\nnpm error network This is a problem related to network connectivity.\nnpm error network In most cases you are behind a proxy or have bad network settings.\nnpm error network\nnpm error network If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the\nnpm error network 'proxy' config is set properly.  See: 'npm help config'\nnpm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\\Users\\id\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_logs\\2026-03-05T03_29_56_691Z-debug-0.log\n    at ad6 (file:///C:/Users/jid/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2510:834)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async file:///C:/Users/jid/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:12614:4008","timestamp":"2026-03-05T03:30:31.719Z"}]