diff --git "a/dll/win32/shell32/shlexec.cpp" "b/dll/win32/shell32/shlexec.cpp"
index da1e687a027..14e2b0dbd30 100644
--- "a/dll/win32/shell32/shlexec.cpp"
+++ "b/dll/win32/shell32/shlexec.cpp"
@@ -1098,6 +1098,12 @@ static UINT SHELL_FindExecutable(LPCWSTR lpPath, LPCWSTR lpFile, LPCWSTR lpVerb,
         lstrcpyW(lpResult, xlpFile);
         /* The file was found in lpPath or one of the directories in the system-wide search path */
     }
+    else if (SearchPathW(lpPath, lpFile, L".exe", ARRAY_SIZE(xlpFile), xlpFile, NULL))
+    {
+        TRACE("SearchPathW returned non-zero\n");
+        lpFile = xlpFile;
+        /* File was found in the application default directory (or the system search path) */
+    }
     else
     {
         xlpFile[0] = '\0';