diff --git a/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/CHANGELOG.md b/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/CHANGELOG.md
index 7347a6d69fa..048663ad0da 100644
--- a/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 1.3.6
 
 - Bugfix `Get-AppInstallLocation`: Changed key to be forced as a single value (instead of array)
+- Bugfix `Get-AppInstallLocation`: Added unescaping of app name pattern when calling 'Get-UninstallRegistryKey' ([#784](https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-coreteampackages/issues/784))
 
 ## 1.3.5
 
diff --git a/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/extensions/Get-AppInstallLocation.ps1 b/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/extensions/Get-AppInstallLocation.ps1
index 7234e060037..2581759dc50 100644
--- a/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/extensions/Get-AppInstallLocation.ps1
+++ b/extensions/chocolatey-core.extension/extensions/Get-AppInstallLocation.ps1
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ function Get-AppInstallLocation {
     $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
 
     Write-Verbose "Trying local and machine (x32 & x64) Uninstall keys"
-    $key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey $AppNamePattern | select -First 1
+    # Needed to pass in the correct wildcard pattern to 'Get-UninstallRegistryKey'
+    $unescapedAppNamePattern = [regex]::Unescape($AppNamePattern)
+    $key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey $unescapedAppNamePattern | select -First 1
     if ($key) {
         Write-Verbose "Trying Uninstall key property 'InstallLocation'"
         $location = $key.InstallLocation