diff --git a/compiler/installer.ini b/compiler/installer.ini
index 90cf81cf05..5e4b3ddbcd 100644
--- a/compiler/installer.ini
+++ b/compiler/installer.ini
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Files: "bin/nimble.exe"
 Files: "koch.exe"
 Files: "finish.exe"
 ; Files: "dist/mingw"
-Files: "start.bat"
+Files: r"tools\start.bat"
 BinPath: r"bin;dist\mingw\bin;dist"
 
 ;           Section | dir | zipFile | size hint (in KB) | url | exe start menu entry
diff --git a/finish.nim b/finish.nim
index 91421d669f..8b9acfc56a 100644
--- a/finish.nim
+++ b/finish.nim
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ when defined(windows):
     if askBool("Would like to add Nim-" & NimVersion &
                " to your start menu? (y/n) "):
       createDir(dest)
-      createShortcut(getCurrentDir() / "start.bat", dest / "Nim",
+      createShortcut(getCurrentDir() / "tools" / "start.bat", dest / "Nim",
                      getCurrentDir() / r"icons\nim.ico")
       if fileExists("doc/overview.html"):
         createShortcut(getCurrentDir() / "doc" / "html" / "overview.html",
diff --git a/start.bat b/tools/start.bat
similarity index 100%
rename from start.bat
rename to tools/start.bat