{"version":"2.1.242","anchor":"windows-shell-surfaces-are-no-longer-grantable-apps-for-comp","canonical_anchor":"windows-shell-surfaces-are-no-longer-grantable-apps-for-comp","heading":"Windows shell surfaces are no longer grantable apps for computer use","tier":"notice","area":"Computer Use","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242\/e\/windows-shell-surfaces-are-no-longer-grantable-apps-for-comp","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242","markdown":"### Windows shell surfaces are no longer grantable apps for computer use\n\nOn Windows the Start menu, search and Explorer shell can no longer be granted to Claude as apps.\n\n**What**\n\nOn Windows, the Start menu, search UI and Explorer shell are now treated as OS surfaces rather than applications Claude can be granted control of.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Excluded process names: startmenuexperiencehost.exe, shellexperiencehost.exe, searchui.exe, searchapp.exe, searchhost.exe.\n- Also excludes explorer.exe and anything under systemapps\\, resolved from the WINDIR environment variable.\n- Windows only; on other platforms nothing changes.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`startmenuexperiencehost.exe`\n\n- Area: Computer Use\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}