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New entry "My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems?"

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@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ Good question! That very issue has been debated on the
@samp{cygwin-apps} mailing list. Check the list archives if you want to
know more. Start at @file{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/lists.html}.
@subsection My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems?
Most definitely yes! UNIX shells (and thus Cygwin) use the space
character as a word delimiter. Under certain circumstances, it is
possible to get around this with various shell quoting mechanisms, but
you are much better off if you can avoid the problem entirely.
In particular, the environment variables @samp{USER} and @samp{HOME} are
set for you in /etc/profile. By default these derive from your Windows
logon name. You may edit this file and set them explicitly to something
without spaces.
(If you use the @samp{login} package or anything else that reads
/etc/passwd, you may need to make corresponding changes there. See the
README file for that package.)
@subsection How do I uninstall Cygwin?
Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. Just delete everything