diff --git a/src/native/windows/run/run.c b/src/native/windows/run/run.c
index 854d84192..581286c9d 100644
--- a/src/native/windows/run/run.c
+++ b/src/native/windows/run/run.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ Run_getLockFilePath()
     DWORD appDataCapacity = sizeof(appData) / sizeof(TCHAR);
     DWORD appDataLength
         = GetEnvironmentVariable(
-                _T("APPDATA"),
+                _T("LOCALAPPDATA"),
                 appData, appDataCapacity);
     LPTSTR lockFilePath = NULL;