We really like the new Starred Entries feature in version 10 - although the name is pretty bizarre - why not call it "Favorites" like everyone else? 
Anyway, we're building a system where each user will have a personal folder. In order to make user onboarding seamless, we created a Form that, when submitted, creates the user, assigns them a license, prepares a bunch of files and folders for them and emails them the green light. As part of this process, we also want to "Add Star" to their user folder so that they can access it easily when they log in for the first time.
I assume SDK 10 will allow this, but in the meantime, is this something we can add to the database ourselves? I did some digging, and the information seems to be kept in dbo.user_area and dbo.uarea_entry tables. However, the format of the uarea_owner value seems to be a 64-digit alphanumeric, as opposed to simply the trustee_id like one would expect. I do see the trustee_id as part of the last eight digits, but I'm curious if creating that value manually and then inserting it (i.e. using Workflow) will break anything.
If the SDK 10 will be out in the next month or so we're willing to wait. 