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[BUG] Cowork VM bundle breaks every 10-20 minutes on Windows (MSIX install) — vm_bundles path undocumented

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Description

**Environment**
- Windows 10 Pro
- Claude Desktop installed via MSIX (x64)
- Cowork research preview

**The problem**
After a clean MSIX install, Cowork launches correctly. Then, without any update or trigger, it breaks with this error every 10-20 minutes:

"Virtualization is not available. Claude's workspace requires Virtual Machine Platform, but the virtualization service isn't responding."

Windows virtualization is healthy (vmcompute is Running). The problem is the vm_bundles folder becoming stale.

**The workaround**
Delete the vm_bundles folder and relaunch Claude. On an MSIX install the folder is at:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Claude_pzs8sxrjxfjjc\LocalCache\Roaming\Claude\vm_bundles

This is not documented anywhere. The path commonly cited (%APPDATA%\Claude\vm_bundles) does not exist on MSIX installs.

**Two requests**
1. Fix the underlying instability causing vm_bundles to go stale every 10-20 minutes
2. Document the correct vm_bundles path for MSIX installations

Full writeup with reproduction steps and repair script here:
https://aeoseoengine.com/how-to-fix-claude-desktop-on-windows-when-virtual-machine-platform-error-happens/

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