diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Directory.Build.targets b/src/modules/launcher/Directory.Build.targets
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--- a/src/modules/launcher/Directory.Build.targets
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-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  
-   <Target Name="KillPowerLauncher" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent;BeforeClean">
-    <Message Text="Killing process 'PowerLauncher.exe'" Importance="normal" ContinueOnError="false" />
-     <Exec Command="tasklist /FI &quot;IMAGENAME eq PowerLauncher.exe&quot; 2&gt;NUL | find /I /N &quot;PowerLauncher.exe&quot;&gt;NUL &#xD;&#xA; if %25ERRORLEVEL%25==0 ( taskkill /f /im PowerLauncher.exe )"
-              IgnoreExitCode="true">
-       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ErrorCode"/>
-     </Exec>
-  </Target>
-
-</Project>
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