diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5660dd188c7..b85ee4bd90a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@
                 {
                     "type": "webview",
                     "id": "jupyterViewVariables",
-                    "name": "Variables",
+                    "name": "Jupyter Variables",
                     "when": "jupyter.hasNativeNotebookOrInteractiveWindowOpen"
                 }
             ]
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index e40595650c7..214058395a1 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
     "jupyter.command.jupyter.showDataViewer.title": "View Value in Data Viewer",
     "jupyter.command.jupyter.viewOutput.title": "Show Output",
     "jupyter.command.jupyter.clearSavedJupyterUris.title": "Clear Jupyter Remote Server List",
-    "jupyter.command.jupyter.openVariableView.title": "Open Variables View",
-    "jupyter.command.jupyter.openVariableView.shorttitle": "Variables",
+    "jupyter.command.jupyter.openVariableView.title": "Open Jupyter Variables View",
+    "jupyter.command.jupyter.openVariableView.shorttitle": "Jupyter Variables",
     "jupyter.command.jupyter.openOutlineView.title": "Show Table Of Contents (Outline View)",
     "jupyter.command.jupyter.openOutlineView.shorttitle": "Outline",
     "jupyter.command.manageAccessToKernels": "Manage Access To Jupyter Kernels",
diff --git a/src/standalone/context/activeEditorContext.ts b/src/standalone/context/activeEditorContext.ts
index 9059eee5ef5..e905251d144 100644
--- a/src/standalone/context/activeEditorContext.ts
+++ b/src/standalone/context/activeEditorContext.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 import { inject, injectable, optional } from 'inversify';
-import { NotebookEditor, TextEditor, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { NotebookDocument, NotebookEditor, TextEditor, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import { IKernel, IKernelProvider, isRemoteConnection } from '../../kernels/types';
 import { IExtensionSyncActivationService } from '../../platform/activation/types';
 import { EditorContexts, PYTHON_LANGUAGE } from '../../platform/common/constants';
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@ export class ActiveEditorContextService implements IExtensionSyncActivationServi
         if (window.activeTextEditor?.document.languageId === PYTHON_LANGUAGE) {
             this.onDidChangeActiveTextEditor(window.activeTextEditor);
         }
-        window.onDidChangeNotebookEditorSelection(
-            this.updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext,
-            this,
-            this.disposables
-        );
-        workspace.onDidOpenNotebookDocument(
-            this.updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext,
-            this,
-            this.disposables
-        );
         workspace.onDidCloseNotebookDocument(
             this.updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext,
             this,
@@ -124,7 +114,6 @@ export class ActiveEditorContextService implements IExtensionSyncActivationServi
     }
     private onDidChangeActiveInteractiveWindow(e?: IInteractiveWindow) {
         this.interactiveContext.set(!!e).catch(noop);
-        this.updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext();
         this.updateMergedContexts();
         this.updateContextOfActiveInteractiveWindowKernel();
     }
@@ -137,19 +126,20 @@ export class ActiveEditorContextService implements IExtensionSyncActivationServi
             .catch(noop);
         this.updateContextOfActiveNotebookKernel(e);
         this.updateContextOfActiveInteractiveWindowKernel();
-        this.updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext();
         this.updateNativeNotebookCellContext();
         this.updateMergedContexts();
     }
-    private updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext() {
-        this.hasNativeNotebookOrInteractiveWindowOpen
-            .set(
-                workspace.notebookDocuments.some(
-                    (nb) => nb.notebookType === JupyterNotebookView || nb.notebookType === InteractiveWindowView
-                )
-            )
-            .catch(noop);
+
+    private ownedOpenNotebooks = new Set<NotebookDocument>();
+    private updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext(e: NotebookDocument, jupyterKernelSelected?: boolean) {
+        if (jupyterKernelSelected) {
+            this.ownedOpenNotebooks.add(e);
+        } else {
+            this.ownedOpenNotebooks.delete(e);
+        }
+        this.hasNativeNotebookOrInteractiveWindowOpen.set(this.ownedOpenNotebooks.size > 0).catch(noop);
     }
+
     private updateContextOfActiveNotebookKernel(activeEditor?: NotebookEditor) {
         const kernel =
             activeEditor && activeEditor.notebook.notebookType === JupyterNotebookView
@@ -195,6 +185,7 @@ export class ActiveEditorContextService implements IExtensionSyncActivationServi
             this.interactiveProvider?.getActiveOrAssociatedInteractiveWindow()?.notebookDocument;
         if (document && isJupyterNotebook(document) && this.controllers.getSelected(document)) {
             this.isJupyterKernelSelected.set(true).catch(noop);
+            this.updateNativeNotebookInteractiveWindowOpenContext(document, true);
         } else {
             this.isJupyterKernelSelected.set(false).catch(noop);
         }