From d04ebff5e747aed7b79d875e183701d11d966524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Griese <migrie@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 09:17:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] CmdPal: Use RepoRoot instead of SolutionDir (#49643)

As it turns out, the robots are unbelievably stupid. When they build our
projects to verify their changes, they will often just build the .csproj
that they changed rather than building it in the context of the
solution. On the surface, this feels like a good idea. Only build the
thing that changed.

However, because they're not building it in the context of a solution,
the MSBuild variable `$(SolutionDir)` doesn't get expanded to the actual
directory of the solution. Instead, it just gets treated as the *path to
the project*. This creates terrible recursive loops where the output of
a project gets dumped relative to the project itself, and then that gets
taken as input to the project's package outputs, and eventually you're
gonna end up with a max path overrun.

The very easy solution here is to just replace `$(SolutionDir)` with
`$(RepoRoot)`.

If we use that variable, then the dumb robots will still get the correct
value for that variable when they build just a project. And for all the
actual humans, everything will work exactly as it did before.
---
 src/modules/cmdpal/CommandPalette - no UI tests.slnf            | 1 +
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.csproj                       | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests.csproj                    | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests.csproj                  | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests.csproj             | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests.csproj               | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests.csproj    | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests.csproj              | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj         | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests.csproj                 | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests.csproj                | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests.csproj              | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests.csproj             | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests.csproj          | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests.csproj       | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj             | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests.csproj    | 2 +-
 ...Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests.csproj | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions.csproj                         | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj  | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.csproj                       | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc.csproj  | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.csproj                | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.csproj                         | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj              | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj                       | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.csproj                        | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj                   | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.csproj                           | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj                          | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.csproj                        | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.csproj                       | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet.csproj                          | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.csproj                    | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices.csproj                 | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.csproj                 | 2 +-
 .../Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal.csproj                 | 2 +-
 .../ext/ProcessMonitorExtension/ProcessMonitorExtension.csproj  | 2 +-
 .../cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/SamplePagesExtension.csproj | 2 +-
 39 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/CommandPalette - no UI tests.slnf b/src/modules/cmdpal/CommandPalette - no UI tests.slnf
index 57caced6f4..a9016d79cf 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/CommandPalette - no UI tests.slnf	
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/CommandPalette - no UI tests.slnf	
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
       "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\Tests\\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests\\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj",
       "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\Tests\\Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests\\Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests.csproj",
       "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\Tests\\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests\\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests.csproj",
+      "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\ext\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions.csproj",
       "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\ext\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj",
       "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\ext\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.csproj",
       "src\\modules\\cmdpal\\ext\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc\\Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc.csproj",
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.csproj
index 4d67d984eb..693c25ae2b 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <!-- For MVVM Toolkit Partial Properties/AOT support -->
     <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
     <!-- Disable SA1313 for Primary Constructor fields conflict https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/instance-constructors#primary-constructors  -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests.csproj
index b85df53da4..0af917574b 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests.csproj
index ed86ab834b..63ba8e1c41 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests.csproj
index 22577866f4..8ee04d3322 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests.csproj
index 20257ad753..07a5d81fe8 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests.csproj
index 979bfc6190..3eab8825b0 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests.csproj
index 070fc9b91e..3c1633072d 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj
index db7ea689ad..76744b47a2 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests.csproj
index aaa86d2f07..7913b177c7 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests.csproj
index 9fa2332949..9e77114826 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests.csproj
index da0e7e706d..164afbcae4 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests.csproj
index 601d3d147f..19ba27f364 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests.csproj
index c114cd5b2d..3969ced094 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
     <!-- This project currently contains shared test helpers only (no test methods). -->
     <TestingPlatformDisableCustomTestTarget>true</TestingPlatformDisableCustomTestTarget>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests.csproj
index acc765d3f9..e659b558b7 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj
index 821d20cbaa..b3db779d67 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests.csproj
index d78a392552..be2eaa408c 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests/Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\Microsoft.CmdPal.UITests\</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests.csproj
index c89f9763cf..443d6b8ac4 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.UnitTests</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal\tests\</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions.csproj
index a229fa4537..213a8fffe1 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Actions</RootNamespace>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj
index 7b029580f2..935892d32e 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps</RootNamespace>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <DisableRuntimeMarshalling>true</DisableRuntimeMarshalling>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.csproj
index 5c3d41d52a..e8ac1e1259 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmark/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Bookmarks</RootNamespace>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc.csproj
index 182d58fcdf..af832f1fe6 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Calc</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.csproj
index 2675ae7468..9151c74cfd 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.ClipboardHistory</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.csproj
index fb894623be..809f44de8b 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Indexer</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj
index d336407600..18fb962326 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PerformanceMonitor</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj
index 03617e9748..982140425a 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<EnableMsixTooling>false</EnableMsixTooling>
 		<WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
 		<GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>false</GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>
-		<OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutputPath>
+		<OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\</OutputPath>
 		<AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
 		<AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.csproj
index d9519cb089..26d47154dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Registry</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj
index 62bd4d647a..b417fc80cb 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.RemoteDesktop</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.csproj
index abe0d28fb2..d242951687 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj
index 699af993c3..14ee20b07a 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.System</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.csproj
index 5960c83048..437b3a2e95 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.TimeDate</RootNamespace>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.csproj
index 64d62ed271..72659ebfd5 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WebSearch</RootNamespace>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet.csproj
index 9708bbf856..8487af7c57 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WinGet.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <UseWinUI>false</UseWinUI>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.csproj
index 220dcc3e0d..cef1a415d5 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowWalker</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices.csproj
index 681b788cac..fe4cdbda8e 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsServices</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.csproj
index 731a01105f..6fe8818223 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\Common.ExtDependencies.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsSettings</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal.csproj
index 58d3852e4b..dcb0a8195f 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.WindowsTerminal</RootNamespace>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPal</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/ProcessMonitorExtension/ProcessMonitorExtension.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/ProcessMonitorExtension/ProcessMonitorExtension.csproj
index d9035c0d55..e680e46092 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/ProcessMonitorExtension/ProcessMonitorExtension.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/ProcessMonitorExtension/ProcessMonitorExtension.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <PublishProfile>win-$(Platform).pubxml</PublishProfile>
     <UseWinUI>false</UseWinUI>
     <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPalExtensions\$(RootNamespace)</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPalExtensions\$(RootNamespace)</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/SamplePagesExtension.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/SamplePagesExtension.csproj
index 584f71ffe6..59f24ff99c 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/SamplePagesExtension.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/ext/SamplePagesExtension/SamplePagesExtension.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <PublishProfile>win-$(Platform).pubxml</PublishProfile>
     <UseWinUI>false</UseWinUI>
     <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPalExtensions\$(RootNamespace)</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\CmdPalExtensions\$(RootNamespace)</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>true</GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild>