diff --git a/Cpp.Build.props b/Cpp.Build.props
index 5acfbdee1a..b6fa0ddecd 100644
--- a/Cpp.Build.props
+++ b/Cpp.Build.props
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
       <BuildStlModules>false</BuildStlModules>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <!-- TODO: _SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING for compatibility with VS 17.8. Check if we can remove. -->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_STDEXT_ARR_ITERS_DEPRECATION_WARNING;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <!-- CLR + CFG are not compatible >:{ -->
diff --git a/src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj b/src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj
index cf3fb9b175..8209f1d051 100644
--- a/src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/updating/updating.vcxproj
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;..\..\;..\..\..\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <!-- Uses WinRT coroutines (co_await) -->
+      <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Version.lib</AdditionalDependencies>
diff --git a/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj b/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj
index 6dbacd0016..605dce79e0 100644
--- a/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.vcxproj
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpplatest</LanguageStandard>
       <LanguageStandard_C>stdc17</LanguageStandard_C>
+      <!-- Uses WinRT coroutines (co_await) -->
+      <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.Terminal.UI/Microsoft.Terminal.UI.vcxproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.Terminal.UI/Microsoft.Terminal.UI.vcxproj
index 208ad4166e..285904115d 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.Terminal.UI/Microsoft.Terminal.UI.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.Terminal.UI/Microsoft.Terminal.UI.vcxproj
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     <None Include="Microsoft.Terminal.UI.def" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\</OutDir>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>obj\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
diff --git a/src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary.vcxproj b/src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary.vcxproj
index 57f61380e0..9669ef9e60 100644
--- a/src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary/KeyboardManagerEditorLibrary.vcxproj
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./;$(SolutionDir)src\modules\;$(SolutionDir)src\common\Display;$(SolutionDir)src\common\inc;$(SolutionDir)src\common\Telemetry;$(SolutionDir)src;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <!-- Uses WinRT coroutines (co_await) -->
+      <AdditionalOptions>/await %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/previewpane/common/PreviewHandlerCommon.csproj b/src/modules/previewpane/common/PreviewHandlerCommon.csproj
index 0c3654e7ca..7e535eaa2a 100644
--- a/src/modules/previewpane/common/PreviewHandlerCommon.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/previewpane/common/PreviewHandlerCommon.csproj
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ProjectGuid>{AF2349B8-E5B6-4004-9502-687C1C7730B1}</ProjectGuid>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.PreviewHandlerCommon</AssemblyName>
+    <!-- AutoUnify resolves WindowsBase version conflict (WebView2.Wpf refs .NET 5 version, we target .NET 9) -->
+    <AutoUnifyAssemblyReferences>true</AutoUnifyAssemblyReferences>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>