diff --git a/v1/vc8.0-tools.jam b/v1/vc8.0-tools.jam
index d48bf93ee..eb47751ac 100644
--- a/v1/vc8.0-tools.jam
+++ b/v1/vc8.0-tools.jam
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if ! $(MSVCDir)
     else
     {
         ProgramFiles ?= $(PROGRAMFILES) ;
-        VC80_ROOT ?= $(ProgramFiles:J=" ")"\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Whidbey\\VC7" ;
+        VC80_ROOT ?= $(ProgramFiles:J=" ")"\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC" ;
         VC_TOOL_PATH = "$(VC80_ROOT)"\\bin\\ ;
         VC_SETUP = "CALL \"$(VC_TOOL_PATH)VCVARS32.BAT\" >nul" ;
     }
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ flags vc8.0 C++FLAGS <native-wchar_t>on : /Zc:wchar_t ;
 
 
 
+