diff --git a/PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi b/PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi
index 854ccae69..81902d875 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi
+++ b/PowerEditor/installer/nppSetup.nsi
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SetCompressor /SOLID lzma	; This reduces installer size by approx 30~35%
 
 
 !include "nsisInclude\winVer.nsh"
-!include "nsisInclude\gobalDef.nsh"
+!include "nsisInclude\globalDef.nsh"
 !include "nsisInclude\tools.nsh"
 !include "nsisInclude\uninstall.nsh"
 
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ Function .onInit
 		; disable registry redirection (enable access to 64-bit portion of registry)
 		SetRegView 64
 		
+		; change to x64 install dir if needed
+		${If} "$InstDir" != ""
+			${If} "$InstDir" == "$PROGRAMFILES\${APPNAME}"
+				StrCpy $INSTDIR "$PROGRAMFILES64\${APPNAME}"
+			${EndIf}
+			; else /D was used or last installation is not "$PROGRAMFILES\${APPNAME}"
+		${Else}
+			StrCpy $INSTDIR "$PROGRAMFILES64\${APPNAME}"
+		${EndIf}
+		
 		; check if 32-bit version has been installed if yes, ask user to remove it
 		IfFileExists $PROGRAMFILES\${APPNAME}\notepad++.exe 0 noDelete32
 		MessageBox MB_YESNO "You're installing 64-bit version. 32-bit version has been installed. Remove it?$\n(Your custom config files will be kept)" /SD IDYES IDYES doDelete32 IDNO noDelete32 ;IDYES remove
diff --git a/PowerEditor/installer/nsisInclude/gobalDef.nsh b/PowerEditor/installer/nsisInclude/globalDef.nsh
similarity index 96%
rename from PowerEditor/installer/nsisInclude/gobalDef.nsh
rename to PowerEditor/installer/nsisInclude/globalDef.nsh
index e359d2e5d..35d7410a1 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/installer/nsisInclude/gobalDef.nsh
+++ b/PowerEditor/installer/nsisInclude/globalDef.nsh
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@
 ; Main Install settings
 Name "${APPNAMEANDVERSION}"
 
-!ifdef ARCH64
-InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES64\${APPNAME}"
-!else
 InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\${APPNAME}"
-!endif
 
 InstallDirRegKey HKLM "Software\${APPNAME}" ""