diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/native-messaging.main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/native-messaging.main.ts
index ae549ace384..daa0d9de12f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/native-messaging.main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/native-messaging.main.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as util from "util";
 
 import { ipcMain } from "electron";
 import * as ipc from "node-ipc";
+import { getIpcSocketRoot } from "../proxy/ipc";
 
 import { LogService } from "@bitwarden/common/abstractions/log.service";
 
@@ -25,11 +26,9 @@ export class NativeMessagingMain {
   async listen() {
     ipc.config.id = "bitwarden";
     ipc.config.retry = 1500;
-    if (process.platform === "darwin") {
-      if (!existsSync(`${homedir()}/tmp`)) {
-        await fs.mkdir(`${homedir()}/tmp`);
-      }
-      ipc.config.socketRoot = `${homedir()}/tmp/`;
+    const ipcSocketRoot = getIpcSocketRoot();
+    if (ipcSocketRoot != null) {
+      ipc.config.socketRoot = ipcSocketRoot;
     }
 
     ipc.serve(() => {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/proxy/ipc.ts b/apps/desktop/src/proxy/ipc.ts
index 228179a5e4c..0160d6bf294 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/proxy/ipc.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/proxy/ipc.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,38 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { createHash } from "crypto";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
 import { homedir } from "os";
+import { join as path_join } from "path";
 
 import * as ipc from "node-ipc";
 
+export function getIpcSocketRoot(): string | null {
+  let socketRoot = null;
+
+  switch (process.platform) {
+    case "darwin": {
+      const ipcSocketRootDir = path_join(homedir(), "tmp");
+      if (!existsSync(ipcSocketRootDir)) {
+        mkdirSync(ipcSocketRootDir);
+      }
+      socketRoot = ipcSocketRootDir + "/";
+      break;
+    }
+    case "win32": {
+      // Let node-ipc use a unique IPC pipe //./pipe/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.app.bitwarden per user.
+      // Hashing prevents problems with reserved characters and file length limitations.
+      socketRoot = createHash("sha1").update(homedir()).digest("hex") + ".";
+    }
+  }
+  return socketRoot;
+}
+
 ipc.config.id = "proxy";
 ipc.config.retry = 1500;
 ipc.config.logger = console.warn; // Stdout is used for native messaging
-if (process.platform === "darwin") {
-  ipc.config.socketRoot = `${homedir()}/tmp/`;
+const ipcSocketRoot = getIpcSocketRoot();
+if (ipcSocketRoot != null) {
+  ipc.config.socketRoot = ipcSocketRoot;
 }
 
 export default class IPC {