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Codex 0.87 is unable to convert C:\Users\ to /mnt/c/users/ under WSL #9456

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What version of Codex is running?

0.87.0

What subscription do you have?

Business

Which model were you using?

GPT-5.2-Codex (high)

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows Terminal (WSL)

What issue are you seeing?

When I drag a screenshot from the desktop into the Codex WSL terminal and want to refer to the model, the following message appears:

I cannot open the screenshot at C:\Users...\Desktop\Screenshot 2026-01-19 010914.png here because I
do not have access to your Windows desktop. Please upload the image here or post the text excerpt from the
relevant entry.

In earlier versions, Codex was able to resolve this internally with /mnt/c/users/.../Desktop/...

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Already described above.

What is the expected behavior?

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