diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.csproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.csproj
index eb887e9e36..24f2c50c5a 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.csproj
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\..\..\Common.Dotnet.AotCompatibility.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-
+    <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\..\..\</RepoRoot>
     <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.26100.57</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>
-
-    <OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit</OutputPath>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(CIBuild)'=='true'">
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <DelaySign>true</DelaySign>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\..\..\.pipelines\272MSSharedLibSN2048.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(RepoRoot).pipelines\272MSSharedLibSN2048.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -47,11 +46,19 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj">
+      <ReferenceOutputAssembly>False</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
+      <BuildProject>True</BuildProject>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <CsWinRTInputs Include="$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.winmd" />
+    <!-- Native implementation DLL -->
+    <None Include="$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.dll">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+   </ItemGroup>
+    
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.winmd" Link="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.winmd" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+    <Content Include="$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.winmd" Link="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.winmd" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj b/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj
index fb647cc444..69793c6281 100644
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PathToRoot>..\..\..\..\..\</PathToRoot>
-    <WasdkNuget>$(PathToRoot)packages\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.8.250907003</WasdkNuget>
-    <CppWinRTNuget>$(PathToRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5</CppWinRTNuget>
-    <WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget>$(PathToRoot)packages\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.10.0.26100.6901</WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget>
-    <WebView2Nuget>$(PathToRoot)packages\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.1.0.2903.40</WebView2Nuget>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="NuGet">
+    <!-- Tell NuGet this is PackageReference style -->
+    <RestoreProjectStyle>PackageReference</RestoreProjectStyle>
+    <!-- Tell NuGet we're a native project -->
+    <NuGetTargetMoniker>native,Version=v0.0</NuGetTargetMoniker>
+    <!-- Tell NuGet we target Windows (use your existing WindowsTargetPlatformVersion) -->
+    <NuGetTargetPlatformIdentifier>Windows</NuGetTargetPlatformIdentifier>
+    <NuGetTargetPlatformVersion>$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)</NuGetTargetPlatformVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props" Condition="Exists('$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" />
-  <Import Project="$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
-  <Import Project="$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props" Condition="Exists('$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <RepoRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\..\..\..\</RepoRoot>
     <CppWinRTOptimized>true</CppWinRTOptimized>
     <CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>true</CppWinRTRootNamespaceAutoMerge>
     <CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>true</CppWinRTGenerateWindowsMetadata>
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@
     <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.19041.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0.26100.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
+    <WindowsAppSDKVerifyTransitiveDependencies>false</WindowsAppSDKVerifyTransitiveDependencies>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM64">
@@ -45,10 +51,6 @@
       <Platform>x64</Platform>
     </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\</OutDir>
-    <IntDir>obj\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
@@ -153,7 +155,6 @@
     <Midl Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.idl" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.def" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -161,23 +162,9 @@
       <DeploymentContent>false</DeploymentContent>
     </Text>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutDir>$(RepoRoot)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions\</OutDir>
+    <IntDir>obj\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</IntDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets" Condition="Exists('$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets" Condition="Exists('$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets" Condition="Exists('$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets')" />
-    <Import Project="$(WebView2Nuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets" Condition="Exists('$(WebView2Nuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets')" />
-  </ImportGroup>
-  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(WindowsSdkBuildToolsNuget)\build\Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(CppWinRTNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(WasdkNuget)\build\native\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.targets'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(WebView2Nuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(WebView2Nuget)\build\native\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.targets'))" />
-  </Target>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/packages.config b/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 091ef0782d..0000000000
--- a/src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.2903.40" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" version="1.8.250907003" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Base" version="1.8.250831001" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation" version="1.8.250906002" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI" version="1.8.250906003" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime" version="1.8.250907003" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.DWrite" version="1.8.25090401" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences" version="1.8.250906004" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Widgets" version="1.8.250904007" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI" version="1.8.37" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" version="10.0.26100.6901" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.MSIX" version="1.7.20250829.1" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>
diff --git a/src/modules/powerrename/PowerRenameUILib/packages.config b/src/modules/powerrename/PowerRenameUILib/packages.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 74414b51bc..0000000000
--- a/src/modules/powerrename/PowerRenameUILib/packages.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<packages>
-  <package id="boost" version="1.87.0" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="boost_regex-vc143" version="1.87.0" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Web.WebView2" version="1.0.2903.40" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" version="2.0.240111.5" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.ImplementationLibrary" version="1.0.231216.1" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" version="10.0.26100.4188" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" version="1.8.250907003" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Base" version="1.8.250831001" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Foundation" version="1.8.250906002" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.WinUI" version="1.8.250906003" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Runtime" version="1.8.250907003" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.DWrite" version="1.8.25090401" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.InteractiveExperiences" version="1.8.250906004" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Widgets" version="1.8.250904007" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.AI" version="1.8.37" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools.MSIX" version="1.7.20250829.1" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>
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