diff --git a/tools/files.js b/tools/files.js
index 8d6a9aed7f..1950bc6773 100644
--- a/tools/files.js
+++ b/tools/files.js
@@ -1161,7 +1161,11 @@ _.extend(files.KeyValueFile.prototype, {
 
 files.getHomeDir = function () {
   if (process.platform === "win32") {
-    var homeDir = process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || process.env.APPDATA;
+    var homeDir =
+      process.env.METEOR_INSTALLATION ||
+      process.env.LOCALAPPDATA ||
+      process.env.APPDATA;
+
     return files.convertToStandardPath(homeDir);
   }
 
@@ -1185,6 +1189,13 @@ files._generateScriptLinkToMeteorScript = function (scriptLocation) {
 
   var newScript = [
     "@echo off",
+    // set the installation path to the grand-parent folder of this script
+    "set DOT_METEOR=\"%~dp0%\"",
+    "pushd %DOT_METEOR%",
+    "cd ..",
+    "set METEOR_INSTALLATION=\"%cd%\"",
+    "popd",
+
     // always convert to Windows path since this function can also be
     // called on Linux or Mac when we are building bootstrap tarballs
     "\"" + scriptLocationConverted + "\" %*",