#claude-desktop articles
3 articles
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Claude
Why Claude Won't Launch on Windows: 3 Causes and Fixes
Explains the 3 common reasons Claude Desktop / Claude Cowork fails to launch on Windows — corrupted cache, infinite loading loop, and Japanese username path encoding issues — with step-by-step fixes covering AppData deletion to system locale changes.
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Claude Windows MCP Setup | Steps for config.json and OneDrive Issues
A step-by-step guide to adding MCP servers to Claude Desktop on Windows, covering Node.js setup, PowerShell execution policy, how to write claude_desktop_config.json, OneDrive path problems, and fully quitting the app when changes don't take effect.
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Introduction to Claude Sequential Thinking MCP | How to Use Step-by-Step Reasoning
A guide to using and configuring Claude Sequential Thinking MCP. Launch it via npx or Docker, add an entry to claude_desktop_config.json, and you're ready to go — no additional API key required. This article also clarifies how this external tool for structuring reasoning steps differs from the model's built-in Extended Thinking.