diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 7bd7f75ad..d6f3fdae7 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\build\override;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </Midl>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+  <!-- Build with the hybrid CRT (Universal CRT + Static VS CRT (for what little the Universal CRT doesn't cover) -->
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)HybridCRT.props" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/HybridCRT.props b/HybridCRT.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..750b7e596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HybridCRT.props
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information. -->
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <UseUnicrt>true</UseUnicrt>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
+           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
+           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
+           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
+      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/dev/Detours/Detours.vcxproj b/dev/Detours/Detours.vcxproj
index 7dfdc9459..b55afc052 100644
--- a/dev/Detours/Detours.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/Detours/Detours.vcxproj
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub.vcxproj b/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub.vcxproj
index a629fb3c2..c71db5a16 100644
--- a/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub/DynamicDependency.DataStore.ProxyStub.vcxproj
@@ -161,36 +161,6 @@
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     <CustomBuildAfterTargets>PostBuildEvent</CustomBuildAfterTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.vcxproj b/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.vcxproj
index ffc2bf746..d36a2dfa3 100644
--- a/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/DynamicDependencyDataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore/DynamicDependency.DataStore.vcxproj
@@ -145,36 +145,6 @@
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     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub.vcxproj b/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub.vcxproj
index 3b8d4063b..02da4fc64 100644
--- a/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.ProxyStub.vcxproj
@@ -160,36 +160,6 @@
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
     <CustomBuildAfterTargets>PostBuildEvent</CustomBuildAfterTargets>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.vcxproj b/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.vcxproj
index 8c6c1fb03..c8937b327 100644
--- a/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager/DynamicDependencyLifetimeManager.vcxproj
@@ -139,36 +139,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Core/src/MRM.vcxproj b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Core/src/MRM.vcxproj
index b0701c16f..ad01655d2 100644
--- a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Core/src/MRM.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Core/src/MRM.vcxproj
@@ -103,27 +103,13 @@
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <WarningVersion>18</WarningVersion>
     </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
-      <EntryPointSymbol>
-      </EntryPointSymbol>
-    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <WarningVersion>18</WarningVersion>
       <!-- Configure the release build binary to be as required by internal API scanning tools. -->
@@ -135,12 +121,6 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
       <!-- Configure the release build binary to be as required by internal API scanning tools. -->
       <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
diff --git a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/UnpackagedTests/MrtCoreUnpackagedTests.csproj b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/UnpackagedTests/MrtCoreUnpackagedTests.csproj
index 4d6d90822..ea832c14d 100644
--- a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/UnpackagedTests/MrtCoreUnpackagedTests.csproj
+++ b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/UnpackagedTests/MrtCoreUnpackagedTests.csproj
@@ -84,17 +84,18 @@
   <!-- The powershell command below updates the TestAdaptersPaths path in the runsettings file, in order to allow the test to run in VS Test Explorer. -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PostBuildEvent>copy /Y "$(OutputPath)..\Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources\Microsoft.Internal.FrameworkUdk.dll"  "$(OutputPath)Microsoft.Internal.FrameworkUdk.dll"
+    copy /Y "$(OutputPath)..\MRM\MRM.dll"  "$(OutputPath)MRM.dll"
     powershell -command "$file = gi $(OutputPath)MrtCoreUnpackagedTests.runsettings; $x = [xml](gc $file); $x.RunSettings.RunConfiguration.TestAdaptersPaths = '$(OutputPath)'; $x.Save($file.Fullname)"
     </PostBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RunSettingsFilePath>$(OutputPath)MrtCoreUnpackagedTests.runsettings</RunSettingsFilePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
   </Target>
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
   </Target>
   -->
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/src/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources.vcxproj b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/src/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources.vcxproj
index 6a1116718..6b153996a 100644
--- a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/src/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/src/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources.vcxproj
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources</RootNamespace>
     <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
     <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>14.0</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
-    <AppContainerApplication>true</AppContainerApplication>
-    <ApplicationType>Windows Store</ApplicationType>
-    <ApplicationTypeRevision>10.0</ApplicationTypeRevision>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)' == '' ">10.0.18362.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17134.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <!-- Need to add this otherwise the ADO build won't copy mrm.dll to output directory, and eventually the file will miss in ManagedTest.build.appxrecipe and make
diff --git a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTest.csproj b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTest.csproj
index e8c37a342..0defa3a49 100644
--- a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTest.csproj
+++ b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTest.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
     <ProjectGuid>{ED418091-1095-4873-80E5-2F36C9E763DC}</ProjectGuid>
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="MrtCoreManagedTests.runsettings">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Include="resources.pri.standalone">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
@@ -167,11 +171,24 @@
     <VisualStudioVersion>14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WindowsXaml\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\Microsoft.Windows.UI.Xaml.CSharp.targets" />
-  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ReferenceCopyLocalPaths Include="$(OutputPath)..\Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources\Microsoft.Internal.FrameworkUdk.dll" />
+    <ReferenceCopyLocalPaths Include="$(OutputPath)..\MRM\MRM.dll" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- The powershell command below updates the TestAdaptersPaths path in the runsettings file, in order to allow the test to run in VS Test Explorer. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PostBuildEvent>
+      powershell -command "$file = gi $(OutputPath)MrtCoreManagedTests.runsettings; $x = [xml](gc $file); $x.RunSettings.RunConfiguration.TestAdaptersPaths = '$(OutputPath)'; $x.Save($file.Fullname)"
+    </PostBuildEvent>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RunSettingsFilePath>$(OutputPath)MrtCoreManagedTests.runsettings</RunSettingsFilePath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
   </Target>
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
   </Target>
   -->
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTests.runsettings b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTests.runsettings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f391e809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Resources/unittests/MrtCoreManagedTests.runsettings
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<RunSettings>
+  <RunConfiguration>
+    <!-- We want the VS Test Explorer to invoke TE from the same folder as the test binaries. -->
+    <!-- This file is automatically updated during the build to point to the output folder. -->
+    <TestAdaptersPaths>.\</TestAdaptersPaths>
+  </RunConfiguration>
+</RunSettings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/mrm/UnitTests/MrmBaseUnitTests.vcxproj b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/mrm/UnitTests/MrmBaseUnitTests.vcxproj
index 41fd04ec1..49101da49 100644
--- a/dev/MRTCore/mrt/mrm/UnitTests/MrmBaseUnitTests.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/MRTCore/mrt/mrm/UnitTests/MrmBaseUnitTests.vcxproj
@@ -97,20 +97,12 @@
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       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\include;..\mrmmin;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4309;4838;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
-           than they would otherwise be if the CRT, runtime, and STL were all statically linked in. -->
-      <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries);libucrtd.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
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   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
@@ -119,8 +111,6 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreaded, rather than MultiThreadedDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140.dll and MSVCP140.dll. -->
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\include;..\mrmmin;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4309;4838;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
@@ -130,12 +120,6 @@
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       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
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index 45ea1fd0e..ee2e390ef 100644
--- a/dev/WindowsAppSDK_BootstrapDLL/WindowsAppSDK_BootstrapDLL.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/WindowsAppSDK_BootstrapDLL/WindowsAppSDK_BootstrapDLL.vcxproj
@@ -165,37 +165,6 @@
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-
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-           supported according to the CRT maintainer. Dynamic linking against the CRT makes the binaries a bit smaller
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     <ClCompile>
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diff --git a/dev/WindowsAppSDK_DLL/WindowsAppSDK_DLL.vcxproj b/dev/WindowsAppSDK_DLL/WindowsAppSDK_DLL.vcxproj
index 137777935..262f460a2 100644
--- a/dev/WindowsAppSDK_DLL/WindowsAppSDK_DLL.vcxproj
+++ b/dev/WindowsAppSDK_DLL/WindowsAppSDK_DLL.vcxproj
@@ -171,34 +171,6 @@
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     <TargetName>Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK</TargetName>
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-    <ClCompile>
-      <!-- We use MultiThreadedDebug, rather than MultiThreadedDebugDLL, to avoid DLL dependencies on VCRUNTIME140d.dll and MSVCP140d.dll. -->
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-    <Link>
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-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrtd.lib</AdditionalOptions>
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-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
-    <ClCompile>
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-    <Link>
-      <!-- Link statically against the runtime and STL, but link dynamically against the CRT by ignoring the static CRT
-           lib and instead linking against the Universal CRT DLL import library. This "hybrid" linking mechanism is
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-      <AdditionalOptions>%(AdditionalOptions) /defaultlib:ucrt.lib</AdditionalOptions>
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-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
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