diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-30-12-57-06-fix-apppackage-path.json b/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-30-12-57-06-fix-apppackage-path.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5f06326741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-2020-04-30-12-57-06-fix-apppackage-path.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "fix appPackage path",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "kaigu@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch",
+  "date": "2020-04-30T19:57:06.111Z"
+}
diff --git a/vnext/local-cli/runWindows/utils/deploy.js b/vnext/local-cli/runWindows/utils/deploy.js
index b302f84a6bb..d32b6530f05 100644
--- a/vnext/local-cli/runWindows/utils/deploy.js
+++ b/vnext/local-cli/runWindows/utils/deploy.js
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ function getAppPackage(options) {
     options.arch === 'x86'
       ? `{*_x86_${configuration}_*,*_Win32_${configuration}_*}`
       : `*_${options.arch}_${configuration}_*`;
-  const appPackageGlob = `windows/{*/AppPackages,AppPackages/*}/${packageFolder}`;
+
+  const appPackageGlob = `${
+    options.root
+  }/windows/{*/AppPackages,AppPackages/*}/${packageFolder}`;
   let appPackage = glob.sync(appPackageGlob)[0];
 
   if (!appPackage && options.release) {
@@ -53,8 +56,11 @@ function getAppPackage(options) {
     newWarn(
       'No package found in *_Release_* folder, remove _Release_ and check again',
     );
+
     appPackage = glob.sync(
-      `windows/{*/AppPackages,AppPackages/*}/*_${options.arch}_*`,
+      `${options.root}/windows/{*/AppPackages,AppPackages/*}/*_${
+        options.arch
+      }_*`,
     )[0];
   }
 
@@ -192,8 +198,6 @@ async function deployToDesktop(options, verbose, slnFile) {
     }
   }
 
-  const popd = pushd(options.root);
-
   await runPowerShellScriptFunction(
     'Removing old version of the app',
     windowsStoreAppUtils,
@@ -259,8 +263,6 @@ async function deployToDesktop(options, verbose, slnFile) {
   } else {
     newInfo('Skip the step to start the app');
   }
-
-  popd();
 }
 
 function startServerInNewWindow(options, verbose) {