diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs b/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
index bf40b8d420ace1..9e7eadc845fde7 100755
--- a/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/product.wxs
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
 
     <Property Id="INSTALLDIR">
       <RegistrySearch Id="InstallPathRegistry"
+                      Type="raw"
+                      Root="HKLM"
+                      Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)"
+                      Name="InstallPath"/>
+      <!-- Also need to search under HKCU to support upgrading from old
+           versions. If we wanted to disable backward compatibility, this
+           second search could be deleted. -->
+      <RegistrySearch Id="InstallPathRegistryCU"
                       Type="raw"
                       Root="HKCU"
                       Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)"
@@ -47,8 +55,9 @@
              Description="!(loc.NodeRuntime_Description)"
              Absent="disallow">
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeExecutable"/>
+      <ComponentRef Id="NodeRegistryEntries"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeVarsScript"/>
-      <ComponentRef Id="NodeStartMenuAndRegistryEntries"/>
+      <ComponentRef Id="NodeStartMenu"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="AppData" />
       <ComponentGroupRef Id="Product.Generated"/>
 
@@ -133,6 +142,20 @@
         <RemoveFile Id="node.exe" Name="node.exe" On="both" />
       </Component>
 
+      <Component Id="NodeRegistryEntries">
+        <RegistryValue Root="HKLM"
+                       Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)"
+                       Name="InstallPath"
+                       Type="string"
+                       Value="[INSTALLDIR]"
+                       KeyPath="yes"/>
+        <RegistryValue Root="HKLM"
+                       Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)"
+                       Name="Version"
+                       Type="string"
+                       Value="$(var.ProductVersion)"/>
+      </Component>
+
       <Component Id="NodeVarsScript">
         <File Id="nodevars.bat" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\tools\msvs\nodevars.bat"/>
       </Component>
@@ -155,18 +178,15 @@
     </DirectoryRef>
 
     <DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
-      <Component Id="NodeStartMenuAndRegistryEntries">
+      <Component Id="NodeStartMenu">
+        <!-- RegistryValue needed because every Component must have a KeyPath.
+             Because of ICE43, the Root must be HKCU. -->
         <RegistryValue Root="HKCU"
-                       Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)"
-                       Name="InstallPath"
-                       Type="string"
-                       Value="[INSTALLDIR]"
+                       Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)\Components"
+                       Name="NodeStartMenuShortcuts"
+                       Type="integer"
+                       Value="1"
                        KeyPath="yes"/>
-        <RegistryValue Root="HKCU"
-                       Key="$(var.RegistryKeyPath)"
-                       Name="Version"
-                       Type="string"
-                       Value="$(var.ProductVersion)"/>
         <Shortcut Id="NodeVarsScriptShortcut"
                   Name="io.js command prompt"
                   Target="[%ComSpec]"
@@ -292,10 +312,10 @@
     </InstallUISequence>
 
     <InstallExecuteSequence>
+      <Custom Action='SetInstallScope' Before='FindRelatedProducts'/>
       <Custom Action="LinkNodeExeToIojsExe" After="InstallFiles">
         $NodeAlias = 3
       </Custom>
-      <Custom Action='SetInstallScope' Before='FindRelatedProducts'/>
       <Custom Action='BroadcastEnvironmentUpdate' After='InstallFinalize'/>
     </InstallExecuteSequence>