# Special characters in folder name not supported on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [March 11, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/special-characters-in-folder-name-not-supported-on-windows/48067 "2025-03-11T14:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/special-characters-in-folder-name-not-supported-on-windows/48067/2 "2025-03-11T14:24:41Z")
Hi @tenumera This has been a long-standing bug here: > [@Special characters not supported on Windows username/password](https://community.localwp.com/t/special-characters-not-supported-on-windows-username-password/14419): > > Moderator Note: Known Bug Summary Thank you everyone who has chimed in and helps clarify this issue! The general problem is that when a Windows Username includes special characters (so an apostrophe ' or a non-ASCII character like é) it can break the commands Local uses to communicate with the MySQL database. Usernames that have an apostrophe in them should be fixed, so update to the most recent version of Local if the username has an apostrophe in it. Read on for what you can do if the userna… I’m not sure if there any workarounds if AzureAD is forcing the user. Are you able to edit the user folders at all? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.localwp.com/t/special-characters-in-folder-name-not-supported-on-windows/48067)._