diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4c0a0d93..27229431b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ public 50 the old detector named an example's `samples.csv` and the input
   are working in, so a setting you had overridden for a subtree kept applying.
   The nearest folder takes precedence, as the project's own config files
   already did.
+- **A project without a name shows its folder again on Windows.** The fallback
+  label was taken by splitting the path on `/`, so on a Windows server the
+  project list, the workbench header, and the command palette showed the full
+  path where the rest of the interface shows just the folder.
 - **A dropped connection no longer pauses an Ace turn after a minute.** A
   turn checks the Wallet balance before it sends anything, and a check that
   could not reach the Wallet spent the five quick retries meant for provider
diff --git a/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.test.ts b/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b27ad146
Binary files /dev/null and b/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.test.ts differ
diff --git a/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.ts b/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.ts
index c4896ba7a..f9ebf0d20 100644
--- a/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.ts
+++ b/frontend/workspace/src/pages/home-projects.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ function uniqueProjects(projects: ProjectRecord[]) {
 
 function folderName(worktree: string) {
   if (worktree === "/") return "/"
-  const parts = worktree.split("/").filter(Boolean)
+  // The server reports native separators, so a Windows worktree arrives with
+  // backslashes and a forward-slash split would return the whole path.
+  const parts = worktree.split(/[\\/]/).filter(Boolean)
   return parts.at(-1) ?? worktree
 }