diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
index 41da22b..ae2a8c5 100644
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ main = writeFile "stack-install.nsi" $ nsis $ do
     [ Description "Add installation directory to user %PATH% to allow running Stack in the console."
     ] $ do
       setEnvVarPrepend HKCU "PATH" "$INSTDIR"
+      
+  section "Set %STACK_ROOT% to recommended default"
+    [ Description "Set %STACK_ROOT% to C:\\sr to workaround issues with long paths."
+    ] $ do
+      setEnvVar HKCU "STACK_ROOT" "C:\\sr"
 
   -- Uninstallation sections. (Any section prepended with "un." is an
   -- uninstallation option.)
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ main = writeFile "stack-install.nsi" $ nsis $ do
     ] $ do
       setEnvVarRemove HKCU "PATH" "$INSTDIR"
 
+  section "un.Set %STACK_ROOT% to recommended default"
+    [ Description "Remove setting of %STACK_ROOT% to C:\\sr."
+    ] $ do
+      deleteEnvVar HKCU "STACK_ROOT"
+      
   section "un.Compilers installed by stack"
     [ Unselected
     , Description "Remove %LOCALAPPDATA%/Programs/stack, which contains compilers that have been installed by Stack."