On Windows, rg is a great replacement for findstr and grep-like workflows, but the command can suddenly disappear after client upgrades or environment changes.

In one workstation pass-through case, PowerShell kept returning rg : The term 'rg' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet..., even though …

I use a desktop shortcut to launch Codex through a local proxy without enabling TUN mode for the whole machine. After an application and proxy-client upgrade, the shortcut stopped launching Codex and provided no useful error.

Codex itself was installed correctly. The launcher and a global …