make cygwin use microsoft window's home
Channel: ozzloy
Date: 07/02/2013

cd /home/YourUserName
cp -r .bashrc .ssh /cygdrive/c/Users/YourUserName

mkpasswd -l -p "$(cygpath -H)" &gt; /etc/passwd
the "&gt;" should be the character you get when you hold shift and press the key 2 to the right of m.  i can't type that into this description box though.

http://goo.gl/6RHmX the original stackoverflow question and answer