# Controlling desktop applications

Open the target application, arrange the relevant window, state the exact result, monitor each transition, and verify the application’s saved state.

![Controlling desktop applications in Foxora v5.0.3](/docs/images/v5.0.3/settings/permissions.webp)

## Where this lives

Open **Settings → Permissions** before starting a computer-control task.

Computer Use lets Foxora observe the screen and operate pointer, keyboard, scrolling, and supported desktop applications under operating-system permissions.

> **Safety:** Keep financial, administrative, credential, destructive, and personally sensitive actions under direct human control.

## Steps

1. Open **Settings → Permissions** before starting a computer-control task.
2. Open the target application.
3. Arrange the relevant window, state the exact result.
4. Monitor each transition.
5. Verify the application’s saved state.
6. **Confirm the result.** Watch the Stage or screen, inspect the destination application, and confirm saved or submitted state directly.

## Choose the right path

- Use screenshots for observation-only work.
- Allow pointer and keyboard control for bounded interaction.
- Take over whenever authentication or ambiguity appears.


## Confirm it worked

- Watch the Stage or screen, inspect the destination application, and confirm saved or submitted state directly.
- The screen, command, file, run, or destination named in this guide reflects the expected state.