  We measure the ratio of total to selective extinction, R_{VI}=A_V/E(V-I),
toward Baade's Window by comparing the VIK colors of 132 Baade's Window G and K
giants from Tiede, Frogel, & Terndrup with the solar-neighborhood (V-I),(V-K)
relation from Bessell & Brett. We find R_{VI}=2.283 +/- 0.016, and show that
our measurement has no significant dependence on stellar type from G0 to K4.
Adjusting the Paczynski et al. determination of the centroid of the dereddened
Baade's Window clump for this revised value of $R_{VI}$, we find I_{0,RC}=14.43
and (V-I)_{0,RC}=1.058. This implies a distance to the Baade's Window clump of
d_{BW} = 8.63 +/- 0.16 kpc, where the error bar takes account of statistical
but not systematic uncertainties.
