diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-03-07-16-34-11.bpo-46948.Ufd4tG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-03-07-16-34-11.bpo-46948.Ufd4tG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cfc4827882deda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-03-07-16-34-11.bpo-46948.Ufd4tG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Prevent CVE-2022-26488 by ensuring the Add to PATH option in the Windows
+installer uses the correct path when being repaired.
diff --git a/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs b/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
index ddd6870f625526..12f2a46c8c7e99 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
     <Chain ParallelCache="yes">
       <PackageGroupRef Id="crt" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="core" />
-      <PackageGroupRef Id="dev" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="exe" />
+      <PackageGroupRef Id="dev" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="lib" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="test" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="doc" />
diff --git a/Tools/msi/common.wxs b/Tools/msi/common.wxs
index 398d94a24d554f..d8f3cde99ab52a 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/common.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/common.wxs
@@ -53,11 +53,23 @@
     </Fragment>
     
     <Fragment>
-    <?ifdef InstallDirectoryGuidSeed ?>
         <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
+        <?ifdef InstallDirectoryGuidSeed ?>
             <Directory Id="InstallDirectory" ComponentGuidGenerationSeed="$(var.InstallDirectoryGuidSeed)" />
+        <?endif ?>
         </Directory>
-    <?endif ?>
+    </Fragment>
+
+    <Fragment>
+        <!-- Locate TARGETDIR automatically assuming we have executables installed -->
+        <Property Id="TARGETDIR">
+            <ComponentSearch Id="PythonExe_Directory" Guid="$(var.PythonExeComponentGuid)">
+                <DirectorySearch Id="PythonExe_Directory" AssignToProperty="yes" Path=".">
+                    <FileSearch Id="PythonExe_DirectoryFile" Name="python.exe" />
+                </DirectorySearch>
+            </ComponentSearch>
+        </Property>
+        <Property Id="DetectTargetDir" Value="1" />
     </Fragment>
     
     <!-- Top-level directories -->
diff --git a/Tools/msi/dev/dev.wxs b/Tools/msi/dev/dev.wxs
index 23a710df87d55c..2ddeb31afc770f 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/dev/dev.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/dev/dev.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         
         <Feature Id="DefaultFeature" AllowAdvertise="no" Title="!(loc.Title)" Description="!(loc.Description)">
diff --git a/Tools/msi/doc/doc.wxs b/Tools/msi/doc/doc.wxs
index cd1a68cc2601ae..cc5bdb493e5fef 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/doc/doc.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/doc/doc.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         <PropertyRef Id="REGISTRYKEY" />
         
diff --git a/Tools/msi/lib/lib.wxs b/Tools/msi/lib/lib.wxs
index 2a3b9ecfeef8d0..b38cd9114be740 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/lib/lib.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/lib/lib.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         <PropertyRef Id="REGISTRYKEY" />
         
diff --git a/Tools/msi/path/path.wxs b/Tools/msi/path/path.wxs
index 8b37936cc938f2..017b812270c5b2 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/path/path.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/path/path.wxs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
     <Product Id="*" Language="!(loc.LCID)" Name="!(loc.Title)" Version="$(var.Version)" Manufacturer="!(loc.Manufacturer)" UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)">
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
-        
+
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         <PropertyRef Id="REGISTRYKEY" />
         
diff --git a/Tools/msi/tcltk/tcltk.wxs b/Tools/msi/tcltk/tcltk.wxs
index eeae8e8b0dfa5f..bbf6ac70fadf69 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/tcltk/tcltk.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/tcltk/tcltk.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         <PropertyRef Id="REGISTRYKEY" />
         
diff --git a/Tools/msi/test/test.wxs b/Tools/msi/test/test.wxs
index f2ed64f07bf281..e8f514a222366b 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/test/test.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/test/test.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         <PropertyRef Id="REGISTRYKEY" />
         
diff --git a/Tools/msi/tools/tools.wxs b/Tools/msi/tools/tools.wxs
index 7a805d0612e080..133a743efccae6 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/tools/tools.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/tools/tools.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         
         <Feature Id="DefaultFeature" AllowAdvertise="no" Title="!(loc.Title)" Description="!(loc.Description)">
diff --git a/Tools/msi/ucrt/ucrt.wxs b/Tools/msi/ucrt/ucrt.wxs
index 76e56820c53b23..94fd3f0e974880 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/ucrt/ucrt.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/ucrt/ucrt.wxs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <Package InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perUser" Platform="$(var.Platform)" />
         <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" CompressionLevel="high" />
         
+        <PropertyRef Id="DetectTargetDir" />
         <PropertyRef Id="UpgradeTable" />
         <PropertyRef Id="REGISTRYKEY" />