diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/Properties/Resources.resx b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/Properties/Resources.resx
index a155262872..ca9d176229 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@
     <comment>Used to indicate the location where something is</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="PluginDescription" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Opens workspaces, remote machines (SSH or Codespaces) and containers, previously opened in VS Code.</value>
+    <value>Opens workspaces, remote machines (SSH or Codespaces) and containers, previously opened in VS Code. The VS Code instance needs to be in PATH.</value>
+    <comment>VS Code is the name of a product. PATH is the name of an environment variable. Don't translate it.</comment>
   </data>
   <data name="SSHRemoteMachine" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>SSH remote machine</value>
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/VSCodeHelper/VSCodeInstances.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/VSCodeHelper/VSCodeInstances.cs
index 21518700b8..b4172d5a50 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/VSCodeHelper/VSCodeInstances.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/VSCodeHelper/VSCodeInstances.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ namespace Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces.VSCodeHelper
 
                             if (version != string.Empty)
                             {
-                                instance.AppData = Path.Combine(_userAppDataPath, version);
+                                var portableData = Path.Join(iconPath, "data");
+                                instance.AppData = Directory.Exists(portableData) ? Path.Join(portableData, "user-data") : Path.Combine(_userAppDataPath, version);
+
                                 var iconVSCode = Path.Join(iconPath, $"{version}.exe");
 
                                 var bitmapIconVscode = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(iconVSCode).ToBitmap();