diff --git a/build/CopyFilesToStagingDir.ps1 b/build/CopyFilesToStagingDir.ps1
index 86d240c80a..7076a7b11f 100644
--- a/build/CopyFilesToStagingDir.ps1
+++ b/build/CopyFilesToStagingDir.ps1
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\WindowsAppRuntime_DLL\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.l
 #
 # MSIX Framework package - DLLs/EXEs
 PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\WindowsAppRuntime_DLL\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.dll $NugetDir\runtimes\win10-$Platform\native
+PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\WindowsAppRuntime_DLL\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.dll $NugetDir\runtimes\win-$Platform\native
 PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\WindowsAppRuntime_DLL\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.pdb $NugetDir\runtimes\win10-$Platform\native
+PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\WindowsAppRuntime_DLL\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.pdb $NugetDir\runtimes\win-$Platform\native
 PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\RestartAgent\RestartAgent.exe $NugetDir\runtimes\win10-$Platform\native
 PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\RestartAgent\RestartAgent.pdb $NugetDir\runtimes\win10-$Platform\native
 PublishFile $FullBuildOutput\DeploymentAgent\DeploymentAgent.exe $NugetDir\runtimes\win10-$Platform\native
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj
index 8250dd7c5c..56f17b2367 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     <TargetFramework>$DotNetVersion$-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
index 3790b6b3b3..5617fa4d8a 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
     <Platforms>x86;x64;ARM64</Platforms>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-arm64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
similarity index 79%
rename from dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-arm64.pubxml
rename to dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
index a7fdd16b67..20d567ae61 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-arm64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
similarity index 79%
rename from dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x64.pubxml
rename to dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
index 26ea7e55c1..598004eb10 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x86.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
similarity index 79%
rename from dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x86.pubxml
rename to dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
index 34d14d4d4a..ef40df3f97 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x86.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x86</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate
index e9b8927622..ac639a7846 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.BlankApp.vstemplate
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
   </TemplateData>
   <TemplateContent PreferedSolutionConfiguration="Debug|x86">
     <Project File="ProjectTemplate.csproj" ReplaceParameters="true">
-      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win10-arm64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win10-arm64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
-      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win10-x64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win10-x64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
-      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win10-x86.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win10-x86.pubxml</ProjectItem>
+      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win-arm64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win-arm64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
+      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win-x64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win-x64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
+      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win-x86.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win-x86.pubxml</ProjectItem>
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="app.manifest">app.manifest</ProjectItem>
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="App.xaml">App.xaml</ProjectItem>
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="App.xaml.cs">App.xaml.cs</ProjectItem>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
index 0794538bfb..9c03eac491 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
     <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
-    <Platforms>x86;x64;ARM64</Platforms>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <Platforms>x86;x64;ARM64</Platforms>    
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <PublishProfile>win10-$(Platform).pubxml</PublishProfile>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
     <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-arm64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
similarity index 79%
rename from dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-arm64.pubxml
rename to dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
index a7fdd16b67..20d567ae61 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-arm64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
similarity index 79%
rename from dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x64.pubxml
rename to dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
index 26ea7e55c1..598004eb10 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x86.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
similarity index 76%
rename from dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x86.pubxml
rename to dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
index 34d14d4d4a..80230ef9e9 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win10-x86.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
-    <Platform>x86</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <Platform>x86</Platform>    
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate
index c5be3e488a..4fabf7faa5 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/WinUI.Desktop.Cs.SingleProjectPackagedApp.vstemplate
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
     </CustomParameters>
     <Project File="ProjectTemplate.csproj" ReplaceParameters="true">
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="launchSettings.json">Properties\launchSettings.json</ProjectItem>
-      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win10-arm64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win10-arm64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
-      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win10-x64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win10-x64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
-      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win10-x86.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win10-x86.pubxml</ProjectItem>
+      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win-arm64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win-arm64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
+      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win-x64.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win-x64.pubxml</ProjectItem>
+      <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="win-x86.pubxml">Properties\PublishProfiles\win-x86.pubxml</ProjectItem>
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="app.manifest">app.manifest</ProjectItem>
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="App.xaml">App.xaml</ProjectItem>
       <ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="App.xaml.cs">App.xaml.cs</ProjectItem>