Portable version of VSCode uses absolute path for location entry in data\extensions\extensions.json

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Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.88.1
• OS Version: Windows 11

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Unzip the portable version of VSCode to an arbitrary empty directory (e.g. C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\VSCode-win32-x64-1.88.1)
2. Create a new directory data in this directory, i.e. C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\VSCode-win32-x64-1.88.1\data
3. Install some extensions
4. Check the content of the file data\extensions\extensions.json, i.e. C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\VSCode-win32-x64-1.88.1\data\extensions\extensions.json

Expected Behavior

A relocatable configuration file

Actual Behavior

The configuration file contains full paths to the installed extensions. This renders the data directory feature useless for pre-installing stuff, then distributing it to other users, and this is a true PITA.

[
    {
        "identifier": {
            "id": "ms-vscode.remote-explorer",
            "uuid": "11858313-52cc-4e57-b3e4-d7b65281e34b"
        },
        "version": "0.4.3",
        "location": {
            "$mid": 1,
            "path": "/C:/Users/<username>/Downloads/VSCode-win32-x64-1.88.1/data/extensions/ms-vscode.remote-explorer-0.4.3",
            "scheme": "file"
        },
        "relativeLocation": "ms-vscode.remote-explorer-0.4.3",
        "metadata": {
            "id": "11858313-52cc-4e57-b3e4-d7b65281e34b",
            "publisherId": "5f5636e7-69ed-4afe-b5d6-8d231fb3d3ee",
            "publisherDisplayName": "Microsoft",
            "targetPlatform": "undefined",
            "updated": false,
            "isPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "hasPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "installedTimestamp": 1713161142173,
            "pinned": false,
            "source": "gallery"
        }
    },
    {
        "identifier": {
            "id": "ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack",
            "uuid": "23d72dfc-8dd1-4e30-926e-8783b4378f13"
        },
        "version": "0.25.0",
        "location": {
            "$mid": 1,
            "path": "/C:/Users/<username>/Downloads/VSCode-win32-x64-1.88.1/data/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack-0.25.0",
            "scheme": "file"
        },
        "relativeLocation": "ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack-0.25.0",
        "metadata": {
            "id": "23d72dfc-8dd1-4e30-926e-8783b4378f13",
            "publisherId": "ac9410a2-0d75-40ec-90de-b59bb705801d",
            "publisherDisplayName": "Microsoft",
            "targetPlatform": "undefined",
            "updated": false,
            "isPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "hasPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "installedTimestamp": 1713161142134,
            "pinned": false,
            "source": "gallery"
        }
    },
    ...

Requested Behavior

Remove directory path of extensions.json (i.e. /C:/Users/<username>/Downloads/VSCode-win32-x64-1.88.1/data/extensions/) from all location.path entries and remove the entry relativeLocation

[
    {
        "identifier": {
            "id": "ms-vscode.remote-explorer",
            "uuid": "11858313-52cc-4e57-b3e4-d7b65281e34b"
        },
        "version": "0.4.3",
        "location": {
            "$mid": 1,
            "path": "ms-vscode.remote-explorer-0.4.3",
            "scheme": "file"
        },
        "metadata": {
            "id": "11858313-52cc-4e57-b3e4-d7b65281e34b",
            "publisherId": "5f5636e7-69ed-4afe-b5d6-8d231fb3d3ee",
            "publisherDisplayName": "Microsoft",
            "targetPlatform": "undefined",
            "updated": false,
            "isPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "hasPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "installedTimestamp": 1713161142173,
            "pinned": false,
            "source": "gallery"
        }
    },
    {
        "identifier": {
            "id": "ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack",
            "uuid": "23d72dfc-8dd1-4e30-926e-8783b4378f13"
        },
        "version": "0.25.0",
        "location": {
            "$mid": 1,
            "path": "ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack-0.25.0",
            "scheme": "file"
        },
        "metadata": {
            "id": "23d72dfc-8dd1-4e30-926e-8783b4378f13",
            "publisherId": "ac9410a2-0d75-40ec-90de-b59bb705801d",
            "publisherDisplayName": "Microsoft",
            "targetPlatform": "undefined",
            "updated": false,
            "isPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "hasPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "installedTimestamp": 1713161142134,
            "pinned": false,
            "source": "gallery"
        }
    },
    ...