Cowork UI shows nothing on click - VM starts (confirmed in Hyper-V logs) but UI never connects - Windows 11 Pro, Legion Pro 5 16IRX10
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 18, 2026 by civanus Closed Apr 22, 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?
OS: Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Hardware: Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX10, Intel i7-14650HX, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM
Claude Desktop version: [vezi în Help → About]
Issue: Clicking Cowork tab shows nothing. No error, no spinner, no UI.
Confirmed working:
- Hyper-V fully enabled (all features + Virtual Machine Platform + Windows Hypervisor Platform)
- bcdedit hypervisorlaunchtype = Auto
- CoworkVMService running
- vmcompute running
- vmms running
- Hyper-V Worker Admin logs confirm VM "cowork-vm-f28974d7" started successfully
- WSL2 works perfectly
Not working:
- Get-VM returns empty (VM disappears after start)
- %APPDATA%\Claude\logs folder does not exist
- UI never displays anything in Cowork tab
What Should Happen?
Claude Cowork should start from Claude desktop.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
OS: Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Hardware: Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX10, Intel i7-14650HX, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM
Claude Desktop version: [vezi în Help → About]
Issue: Clicking Cowork tab shows nothing. No error, no spinner, no UI.
Confirmed working:
- Hyper-V fully enabled (all features + Virtual Machine Platform + Windows Hypervisor Platform)
- bcdedit hypervisorlaunchtype = Auto
- CoworkVMService running
- vmcompute running
- vmms running
- Hyper-V Worker Admin logs confirm VM "cowork-vm-f28974d7" started successfully
- WSL2 works perfectly
Not working:
- Get-VM returns empty (VM disappears after start)
- %APPDATA%\Claude\logs folder does not exist
- UI never displays anything in Cowork tab
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
1.3109
Platform
Other
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
PowerShell
Additional Information
_No response_
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