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After setting CODEX_HOME, Codex saves configuration to the wrong location

Quick fix

No verified universal fix was provided. Set the Codex configuration path manually; direct ${xxx} environment-variable reading is unsupported.

Symptom

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Error output
CCS保存配置：修改的配置文件位置还是默认位置；
English translation

When CCS saves configuration: the modified configuration file location remains the default location;

Cause

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Issue #3119 reports that after setting `CODEX_HOME` on Windows, CC Switch still saved configuration to the default location rather than the environment-variable directory. The maintainer stated that the logic was “default `~/.codex` + manually configurable”; the reply did not clarify whether automatic `CODEX_HOME` detection was supported.

Issue #2070 is a related but different compatibility variant: it reports that Codex does not support reading environment-variable keys directly with `${xxx}`, so the same MCP configuration cannot be shared with Claude Code. The issue was later only automatically closed as stale; the original post provides no verified solution.

Fix

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  1. Manually specify the Codex configuration location in CC Switch. For MCP configurations incompatible with `${xxx}` environment-variable reading, the original posts provide no verified fix; follow the discussion in the corresponding source issue.

Affected Versions

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ToolCodex
Version3.13.0 - 3.15.0（报告版本，是否为完整受影响范围未证实）
PlatformsWindowsmacOS

Source Issues

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This page is distilled from 2 real issues

FAQ

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