diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f417b0..e391ffd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+__3.0.3a__
+----------
+
+*   Removed Microsoft Windows specific code for getting username due to
+    multiple problems and compiler differences on Windows platforms. On
+    Windows the shaered memory block in User mode now includes the user's
+    home path (which contains the user's username).
+
+*   Explicitly getting absolute path of the user's home directory as on Unix
+    a relative path (`~`) may be returned.
+
 __3.0.2a__
 ----------
 
diff --git a/singleapplication.cpp b/singleapplication.cpp
index 7d77292..4e1c6ac 100644
--- a/singleapplication.cpp
+++ b/singleapplication.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
 #include <QtCore/QProcess>
 #include <QtCore/QByteArray>
 #include <QtCore/QSemaphore>
@@ -36,11 +37,6 @@
     #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    #include <windows.h>
-    #include <lmcons.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "singleapplication.h"
 #include "singleapplication_p.h"
 
@@ -77,25 +73,20 @@ void SingleApplicationPrivate::genBlockServerName( int timeout )
     // User level block requires a user specific data in the hash
     if( options & SingleApplication::Mode::User ) {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-        Q_UNUSED(timeout);
-        wchar_t username [ UNLEN + 1 ];
-        // Specifies size of the buffer on input
-        DWORD usernameLength = UNLEN + 1;
-        if( GetUserName( username, &usernameLength ) ) {
-            appData.addData( QString::fromWCharArray(username).toUtf8() );
-        } else {
-            appData.addData( QStandardPaths::standardLocations( QStandardPaths::HomeLocation ).join("").toUtf8() );
-        }
+        appData.addData( QStandardPaths::standardLocations( QStandardPaths::HomeLocation ).join("").toUtf8() );
 #endif
 #ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-        QString username;
         QProcess process;
         process.start( "whoami" );
         if( process.waitForFinished( timeout ) &&
             process.exitCode() == QProcess::NormalExit) {
             appData.addData( process.readLine() );
         } else {
-            appData.addData( QStandardPaths::standardLocations( QStandardPaths::HomeLocation ).join("").toUtf8() );
+            appData.addData(
+                QDir(
+                    QStandardPaths::standardLocations( QStandardPaths::HomeLocation ).first()
+                ).absolutePath().toUtf8()
+            );
         }
 #endif
     }