Jen Gentleman5d ago

In the latest Insider builds, we're working on adding the ability to set a custom user folder name during setup / OOBE.

Thanks everyone that's shared feedback about this over the years 🙏

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/13/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26220-8062-beta-channel/

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Show threadJen Gentleman5d ago
For those who don't know what your user folder is, it's basically what you see for your account when you go to c:\users. For example, c:\users\jennifer
Show threadJustin 🐘5d ago

@JenMsft

Does that mean the five character limit for username folders is going to be fixed?

Show threadJen Gentleman
@newplagiarist yes 😊
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Show threadJustin 🐘5d ago

@JenMsft Well, everyone who's working on that feature deserves a big bear hug!

But in lieu of distance... and the social norms against strangers giving hugs, here is a photo of my dog being very interested in this feature as thanks

Show threadLouis Salkeld4d ago
@JenMsft @newplagiarist To this day I still create a local account to get the capitalisation on the folder correct…