diff --git a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsData.cs b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsData.cs
index d3fc650056..e5937ca45f 100644
--- a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsData.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsData.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Projects.Data;
+using ProjectsEditor.Utils;
 using static ProjectsEditor.Data.ProjectsData;
 
 namespace ProjectsEditor.Data
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.Data
         {
             get
             {
-                return GetDataFolder() + "\\projects.json";
+                return FolderUtils.DataFolder() + "\\projects.json";
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsEditorData`1.cs b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsEditorData`1.cs
index 48b12fdbea..9cee0c0943 100644
--- a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsEditorData`1.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Data/ProjectsEditorData`1.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 // The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using ProjectsEditor.Utils;
 
@@ -11,18 +9,6 @@ namespace Projects.Data
 {
     public class ProjectsEditorData<T>
     {
-        // Note: the same path should be used in SnapshotTool and Launcher
-        public string GetDataFolder()
-        {
-            // return Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
-            return Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
-        }
-
-        public string GetTempDataFolder()
-        {
-            return Path.GetTempPath();
-        }
-
         protected JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions
         {
             get
diff --git a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Utils/FolderUtils.cs b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Utils/FolderUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38b6856338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/Utils/FolderUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace ProjectsEditor.Utils
+{
+    public class FolderUtils
+    {
+        public static string Desktop()
+        {
+            return Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
+        }
+
+        public static string Temp()
+        {
+            return Path.GetTempPath();
+        }
+
+        // Note: the same path should be used in SnapshotTool and Launcher
+        public static string DataFolder()
+        {
+            return Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + "\\Microsoft\\PowerToys\\Projects";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
index e6da20086e..c8b7295f54 100644
--- a/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -136,20 +136,19 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor.ViewModels
 
         private void CreateShortcut(Project project)
         {
-            object shDesktop = (object)"Desktop";
-            IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell shell = new IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell();
-            string shortcutAddress = (string)shell.SpecialFolders.Item(ref shDesktop) + $"\\{project.Name}.lnk";
-            IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut shortcut = (IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortcutAddress);
-            shortcut.Description = $"Project Launcher {project.Id}";
             string basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
-            shortcut.TargetPath = Path.Combine(basePath, "PowerToys.ProjectsLauncher.exe");
-            shortcut.Arguments = '"' + project.Id + '"';
-            shortcut.WorkingDirectory = basePath;
+            string shortcutAddress = FolderUtils.Desktop() + $"\\{project.Name}.lnk";
+            string shortcutIconFilename = FolderUtils.Temp() + $"\\{project.Name}.ico";
 
-            string shortcutIconFilename = (string)shell.SpecialFolders.Item(ref shDesktop) + $"\\{project.Name}.ico";
             Bitmap icon = ProjectIcon.DrawIcon(ProjectIcon.IconTextFromProjectName(project.Name));
             ProjectIcon.SaveIcon(icon, shortcutIconFilename);
 
+            IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell shell = new IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell();
+            IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut shortcut = (IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortcutAddress);
+            shortcut.Description = $"Project Launcher {project.Id}";
+            shortcut.TargetPath = Path.Combine(basePath, "PowerToys.ProjectsLauncher.exe");
+            shortcut.Arguments = '"' + project.Id + '"';
+            shortcut.WorkingDirectory = basePath;
             shortcut.IconLocation = shortcutIconFilename;
             shortcut.Save();
         }
diff --git a/src/modules/Projects/projects-common/Data.h b/src/modules/Projects/projects-common/Data.h
index a24cc66767..b79c296320 100644
--- a/src/modules/Projects/projects-common/Data.h
+++ b/src/modules/Projects/projects-common/Data.h
@@ -72,13 +72,17 @@ struct ProjectsList
     std::vector<Project> projects;
 };
 
+namespace NonLocalizable
+{
+    const inline wchar_t ModuleKey[] = L"Projects";
+}
+
 namespace JsonUtils
 {
     inline std::wstring ProjectsFile()
     {
-        wchar_t path[MAX_PATH + 1] = { 0 };
-        SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, NULL, 0, path);
-        return std::wstring(path) + L"\\projects.json";
+        std::wstring settingsFolderPath = PTSettingsHelper::get_module_save_folder_location(NonLocalizable::ModuleKey);
+        return std::wstring(settingsFolderPath) + L"\\projects.json";
     }
 
     namespace ProjectJSON