diff --git a/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts b/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts
index b6c4f7e53c..e4f549c9e3 100644
--- a/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts
+++ b/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
-import * as os from 'os';
-import * as path from 'path';
+import { ffmpegExecutable } from '../../utils/binaryPaths';
 import { assert } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { launchProcess } from '../processLauncher';
 import { Progress, ProgressController } from '../progress';
@@ -59,16 +58,11 @@ export class VideoRecorder {
     args.push(options.outputFile);
     const progress = this._progress;
 
-    let ffmpegPath = 'ffmpeg';
-    const binPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../third_party/ffmpeg/');
-    if (os.platform() === 'win32')
-      ffmpegPath = path.join(binPath, os.arch() === 'x64' ? 'ffmpeg-win64.exe' : 'ffmpeg-win32.exe');
-    else if (os.platform() === 'darwin')
-      ffmpegPath = path.join(binPath, 'ffmpeg-mac');
-    else
-      ffmpegPath = path.join(binPath, 'ffmpeg-linux');
+    const executablePath = ffmpegExecutable();
+    if (!executablePath)
+      throw new Error('ffmpeg executable was not found');
     const { launchedProcess, gracefullyClose } = await launchProcess({
-      executablePath: ffmpegPath,
+      executablePath,
       args,
       pipeStdin: true,
       progress,
diff --git a/src/server/validateDependencies.ts b/src/server/validateDependencies.ts
index 23298ae542..c0d33b81bc 100644
--- a/src/server/validateDependencies.ts
+++ b/src/server/validateDependencies.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import * as os from 'os';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { getUbuntuVersion } from '../utils/ubuntuVersion';
 import { linuxLddDirectories, windowsExeAndDllDirectories, BrowserDescriptor } from '../utils/browserPaths.js';
+import { printDepsWindowsExecutable } from '../utils/binaryPaths';
 
 const accessAsync = util.promisify(fs.access.bind(fs));
 const checkExecutable = (filePath: string) => accessAsync(filePath, fs.constants.X_OK).then(() => true).catch(e => false);
@@ -190,9 +191,12 @@ async function executablesOrSharedLibraries(directoryPath: string): Promise<stri
 }
 
 async function missingFileDependenciesWindows(filePath: string): Promise<Array<string>> {
+  const executable = printDepsWindowsExecutable();
+  if (!executable)
+    return [];
+
   const dirname = path.dirname(filePath);
-  const printDepsWindowsExecutable = process.env.PW_PRINT_DEPS_WINDOWS_EXECUTABLE || path.join(__dirname, '../../bin/PrintDeps.exe');
-  const {stdout, code} = await spawnAsync(printDepsWindowsExecutable, [filePath], {
+  const {stdout, code} = await spawnAsync(executable, [filePath], {
     cwd: dirname,
     env: {
       ...process.env,
diff --git a/src/utils/binaryPaths.ts b/src/utils/binaryPaths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7542e5d7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/binaryPaths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+export function printDepsWindowsExecutable(): string | undefined {
+  return pathToExecutable(['bin', 'PrintDeps.exe']);
+}
+
+export function ffmpegExecutable(): string | undefined {
+  let ffmpegName;
+  if (process.platform === 'win32')
+    ffmpegName = os.arch() === 'x64' ? 'ffmpeg-win64.exe' : 'ffmpeg-win32.exe';
+  else if (process.platform === 'darwin')
+    ffmpegName = 'ffmpeg-mac';
+  else
+    ffmpegName = 'ffmpeg-linux';
+  return pathToExecutable(['third_party', 'ffmpeg', ffmpegName]);
+}
+
+function pathToExecutable(relative: string[]): string | undefined {
+  const defaultPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', ...relative);
+  const localPath = path.join(path.dirname(process.argv[0]), relative[relative.length - 1]);
+  try {
+    if (fs.existsSync(defaultPath))
+      return defaultPath;
+  } catch (e) {
+  }
+
+  try {
+    if (fs.existsSync(localPath))
+      return localPath;
+  } catch (e) {
+  }
+}
+