diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/regedt32/regedt32.c b/reactos/base/applications/regedt32/regedt32.c
index ba8222a3e73..576114a8315 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/regedt32/regedt32.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/regedt32/regedt32.c
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hCurInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst,
                      LPTSTR lpsCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
 {
-    ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, _T("regedit.exe"), lpsCmdLine, NULL, nCmdShow);
+    TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
+
+    GetWindowsDirectory(szPath, MAX_PATH);
+    _tcscat(szPath, _T("\\regedit.exe"));
+
+    ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, szPath, lpsCmdLine, NULL, nCmdShow);
 
     return 0;
 }