diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Directory.Build.targets b/src/modules/launcher/Directory.Build.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04f8d7e76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  
+   <Target Name="KillPowerLauncher" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent;BeforeClean">
+    <Message Text="Killing process 'PowerLauncher.exe'" Importance="normal" ContinueOnError="true" />
+    <Exec Command="taskkill /f /im PowerLauncher.exe" ContinueOnError="true"/>
+  </Target>
+
+</Project>
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diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Wox/Wox.csproj b/src/modules/launcher/Wox/Wox.csproj
index 09aa86d774..3d32410fd2 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Wox/Wox.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Wox/Wox.csproj
@@ -187,8 +187,4 @@
   <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
     <Exec Command="powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $(SolutionDir)src\modules\launcher\Scripts\post_build.ps1 $(ConfigurationName) $(SolutionDir)src\modules\launcher" />
   </Target>
-
-  <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
-    <Exec Command="taskkill /f /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq PowerLauncher.exe&quot;" />
-  </Target>
 </Project>
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