diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/HotkeySettingsControlHook.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/HotkeySettingsControlHook.cs
index 66f482f502..6ea1c708a7 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/HotkeySettingsControlHook.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/HotkeySettingsControlHook.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public delegate bool IsActive();
 
 public delegate bool FilterAccessibleKeyboardEvents(int key, UIntPtr extraInfo);
 
-public class HotkeySettingsControlHook : IDisposable
+public partial class HotkeySettingsControlHook : IDisposable
 {
     private const int WmKeyDown = 0x100;
     private const int WmKeyUp = 0x101;
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeKeyboardHelper.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeKeyboardHelper.cs
index 9d3961f907..b9d32e25d3 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeKeyboardHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeKeyboardHelper.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
 
             internal static int Size
             {
-                get { return Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(INPUT)); }
+                get { return Marshal.SizeOf<INPUT>(); }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeMethods.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeMethods.cs
index f89b11391b..e5af77b862 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Controls/ShortcutControl/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ public static class NativeMethods
     [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
     public static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string dllToLoad);
 
-    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
-    public static extern bool FreeLibrary(IntPtr hModule);
-
 #pragma warning restore CA1401 // P/Invokes should not be visible
 
     [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index ce20c9be77..0a33b24f44 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
                 _largeIcon = GetAppIconHandle();
                 _trayIconData = new NOTIFYICONDATAW()
                 {
-                    cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NOTIFYICONDATAW)),
+                    cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf<NOTIFYICONDATAW>(),
                     hWnd = _hwnd,
                     uID = MY_NOTIFY_ID,
                     uFlags = NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_MESSAGE | NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_ICON | NOTIFY_ICON_DATA_FLAGS.NIF_TIP,
@@ -629,7 +629,10 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window,
 
     private DestroyIconSafeHandle GetAppIconHandle()
     {
-        var exePath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
+        var basePath = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+        var exePath = Path.Combine(basePath, "Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.dll");
+
+        // var exePath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
         DestroyIconSafeHandle largeIcon;
         PInvoke.ExtractIconEx(exePath, 0, out largeIcon, out _, 1);
         return largeIcon;
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
index c79669e714..98a170eeb8 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props" />
   <Import Project="..\..\..\CmdPalVersion.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
   <Import Project="CmdPal.pre.props" />
   <Import Project="CmdPal.Branding.props" />
 
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.json b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b893150484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://aka.ms/CsWin32.schema.json",
+  "allowMarshaling": true
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.txt b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.txt
index 4db59d7070..615504c70b 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.txt
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/NativeMethods.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory
 GlobalMemoryStatusEx
 GetSystemInfo
-CoCreateInstance
 GetForegroundWindow
 SetForegroundWindow
 GetWindowRect
@@ -21,9 +20,7 @@ SetActiveWindow
 MonitorFromWindow
 GetMonitorInfo
 GetDpiForMonitor
-SHCreateStreamOnFileEx
 CoAllowSetForegroundWindow
-SHCreateStreamOnFileEx
 SHLoadIndirectString
 
 Shell_NotifyIcon