---
title: "Claude Code desktop app control"
canonical: "https://agenticfeats.com/c/claude-code-desktop-app-control/"
agents: ["Claude Code"]
evidence_grade: "A"
outcome: "completed"
job_type: "Ops and IT"
roles: ["Personal"]
source_url: "https://xda-developers.com/claude-code-control-of-my-desktop-for-a-week-automated-things-i-didnt-think-were-possible"
source_date: "2026-04-19"
published: "2026-10-13"
updated: "2026-10-13"
---

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# Claude Code desktop app control

Claude Code, given permission to control the author's Windows PC, opened Calculator, did a sum, and pasted the result into a saved Notepad file.

Result: The author reports Claude Code operated apps that have no API, completing the Calculator-to-Notepad task and saving result.txt to the Desktop.

## How it was set up

Claude Code with Git installed and permissions enabled for computer control on a Windows PC.

## Worth knowing

Setup needed Git and manual permission settings first. The visible example is a small test task, and the article is a week-long hands-on review.

## Prompt

```text
Open [app], do [task], then copy the result and paste it into a new [other app] file saved to [location] as [filename].
```

## Evidence note

Author's own demo GIF and exact prompt; no repo

## Sources

- Original: https://xda-developers.com/claude-code-control-of-my-desktop-for-a-week-automated-things-i-didnt-think-were-possible

## The receipt

- Agent: Claude Code
- Evidence: Shown (grade A, artifact linked)
- Outcome: Completed
- Job type: Ops and IT
- Roles: Personal
- Source: Blog
- Published: 2026-04-19
- Added: 2026-10-13