diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.ClassLibrary.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.ClassLibrary.vstemplate
index d34c22d826..717d8ab746 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.ClassLibrary.vstemplate
+++ b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.ClassLibrary.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/MvvmApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.MvvmApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/MvvmApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.MvvmApp.vstemplate
index 9542118266..c393745b81 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/MvvmApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.MvvmApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/NavigationApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.NavigationApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/NavigationApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.NavigationApp.vstemplate
index d1d52994fd..a8b834bbda 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/NavigationApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.NavigationApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate
index eb8de9fc02..aeef45a43c 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate
+++ b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/WapProj/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.WapProj.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/WapProj/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.WapProj.vstemplate
index b622aec714..5520e98b34 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/WapProj/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.WapProj.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.PackagedApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.PackagedApp.vstemplate
index e4d448eb93..0f22e1f822 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.PackagedApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate
index 0f0983a007..c81bab7181 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/TabViewApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.TabViewApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/TabViewApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.TabViewApp.vstemplate
index 1e64712a29..5dc8d03ab7 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/TabViewApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.TabViewApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/UnitTestApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.UnitTestApp.vstemplate b/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/UnitTestApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.UnitTestApp.vstemplate
index cadaad21a1..617de6246f 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/Source/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/UnitTestApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.UnitTestApp.vstemplate
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diff --git a/dev/Templates/VSIX/Extension/Cs/Dev17/Component/source.extension.vsixmanifest b/dev/Templates/VSIX/Extension/Cs/Dev17/Component/source.extension.vsixmanifest
index 1749810bc6..910c32e29d 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/VSIX/Extension/Cs/Dev17/Component/source.extension.vsixmanifest
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index ad1d752118..46e5715002 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/VSIX/Extension/Cs/Dev17/LocalDev/source.extension.vsixmanifest
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index 9b706ee653..7b967fe8a1 100644
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index 149c56638a..9de2926adc 100644
--- a/dev/Templates/VSIX/Extension/Cs/Dev17/WindowsAppSDK.Cs.Extension.Dev17.csproj
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