diff --git a/runtime/doc/todo.txt b/runtime/doc/todo.txt
index e80ec5fc018a536089d48600817d436b607807b8..46dd1a19a6f5463b82dbce67956ad68d1cb3d1b4 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/todo.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/todo.txt
@@ -1089,8 +1089,6 @@ Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
 
 Before (beta) release 7.3:
 - Documentation for Python 3 support.
-- MS-Windows uninstaller looks for wrong executable:
-    "ool\vimfiles\syntaxuninstall-gui.exe".
 
 Before release 7.3:
 - Rename vim73 branch to default (hints: Xavier de Gaye, 2010 May 23)
diff --git a/src/dosinst.c b/src/dosinst.c
index 0923cf78fe0285cc8ce7f56e6fc8fb50a9f3d72f..ef41081ef950e29b77897087138dd9aaa894f04f 100644
--- a/src/dosinst.c
+++ b/src/dosinst.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,6 @@ install_registry(void)
     const char	*vim_ext_ThreadingModel = "Apartment";
     const char	*vim_ext_name = "Vim Shell Extension";
     const char	*vim_ext_clsid = "{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}";
-    char	buf[BUFSIZE];
     char	vim_exe_path[BUFSIZE];
     char	display_name[BUFSIZE];
     char	uninstall_string[BUFSIZE];
@@ -1571,12 +1570,12 @@ install_registry(void)
     if (interactive)
     {
 	sprintf(display_name, "Vim " VIM_VERSION_SHORT);
-	sprintf(uninstall_string, "%suninstal.exe", buf);
+	sprintf(uninstall_string, "%s\\uninstal.exe", installdir);
     }
     else
     {
 	sprintf(display_name, "Vim " VIM_VERSION_SHORT " (self-installing)");
-	sprintf(uninstall_string, "%suninstall-gui.exe", buf);
+	sprintf(uninstall_string, "%s\\uninstall-gui.exe", installdir);
     }
 
     lRet = register_uninstall(