diff --git a/src/infra/home-display.ts b/src/infra/home-display.ts
index a11ea986ed77..0a2e870e9be8 100644
--- a/src/infra/home-display.ts
+++ b/src/infra/home-display.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ export function shortenPathWithHome(
   if (input === home) {
     return prefix;
   }
-  if (input.startsWith(`${home}/`) || input.startsWith(`${home}\\`)) {
+  if (
+    input.startsWith(`${home}/`) ||
+    (process.platform === "win32" && input.startsWith(`${home}\\`))
+  ) {
     return `${prefix}${input.slice(home.length)}`;
   }
   if (process.platform === "win32" && path.win32.isAbsolute(input) && isPathInside(home, input)) {
diff --git a/src/utils.test.ts b/src/utils.test.ts
index 785616e3df71..d0b63c6381a5 100644
--- a/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -173,9 +173,13 @@ describe("shortenHomePath", () => {
     },
   );
 
-  it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")("keeps POSIX home matching case-sensitive", () => {
+  it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")("preserves POSIX home path boundaries and case", () => {
     withEnv({ OPENCLAW_HOME: "/srv/OpenClaw-Home", HOME: "/home/other" }, () => {
       expect(shortenHomePath("/srv/openclaw-home/workspace")).toBe("/srv/openclaw-home/workspace");
+      expect(shortenHomePath("/srv/OpenClaw-Home\\workspace")).toBe(
+        "/srv/OpenClaw-Home\\workspace",
+      );
+      expect(shortenHomePath("/srv/OpenClaw-Home/work\\space")).toBe("$OPENCLAW_HOME/work\\space");
     });
   });