diff --git a/plugins/Cardinal/src/Ildaeil.cpp b/plugins/Cardinal/src/Ildaeil.cpp
index ff682e8..5d1b4ee 100644
--- a/plugins/Cardinal/src/Ildaeil.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Cardinal/src/Ildaeil.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace rack {
 enum SpecialPath {
     kSpecialPathUserProfile,
     kSpecialPathCommonProgramFiles,
+    kSpecialPathProgramFiles,
     kSpecialPathAppData,
 };
 std::string getSpecialPath(const SpecialPath type);
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ static const char* getPathForJSFX()
         path = homeDir() + "/Library/Application Support/REAPER/Effects";
        #elif defined(CARLA_OS_WIN)
         path = getSpecialPath(kSpecialPathAppData) + "\\REAPER\\Effects";
+        if (! system::exists(path))
+            path = getSpecialPath(kSpecialPathProgramFiles) + "\\REAPER\\InstallData\\Effects";
        #else
         if (const char* const configHome = std::getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"))
             path = configHome;
diff --git a/src/CardinalCommon.cpp b/src/CardinalCommon.cpp
index b0682e7..b96557b 100644
--- a/src/CardinalCommon.cpp
+++ b/src/CardinalCommon.cpp
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ std::string getSpecialPath(const SpecialPath type)
     case kSpecialPathCommonProgramFiles:
         csidl = CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON;
         break;
+    case kSpecialPathProgramFiles:
+        csidl = CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES;
+        break;
     case kSpecialPathAppData:
-        csidl = CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA;
+        csidl = CSIDL_APPDATA;
         break;
     default:
         return {};
diff --git a/src/CardinalCommon.hpp b/src/CardinalCommon.hpp
index 132155b..25ad855 100644
--- a/src/CardinalCommon.hpp
+++ b/src/CardinalCommon.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ bool isStandalone();
 enum SpecialPath {
     kSpecialPathUserProfile,
     kSpecialPathCommonProgramFiles,
+    kSpecialPathProgramFiles,
     kSpecialPathAppData,
 };
 std::string getSpecialPath(SpecialPath type);