diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj
index 56f17b236..52b648a66 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/ClassLibrary/ProjectTemplate.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     <TargetFramework>$DotNetVersion$-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
-    <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>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="$WindowsAppSDKNupkgVersion$" />
       <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="$WindowsSDKBuildToolsNupkgVersion$" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
index 5617fa4d8..fb3539f60 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
     <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>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools" Version="$ext_WindowsSDKBuildToolsNupkgVersion$" />
     <Manifest Include="$(ApplicationManifest)" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
index 41c727939..a92e503aa 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">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/win-x64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
index a48aacf06..7fcf5135a 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">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/win-x86.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
index 5086e705b..acf071902 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/PackagedApp/BlankApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x86</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">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/ProjectTemplate.csproj b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
index 9c03eac49..02e54c10d 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/ProjectTemplate.csproj
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <RootNamespace>$safeprojectname$</RootNamespace>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
     <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>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <PublishProfile>win10-$(Platform).pubxml</PublishProfile>
     <UseWinUI>true</UseWinUI>
     <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(DisableHasPackageAndPublishMenuAddedByProject)'!='true' and '$(EnableMsixTooling)'=='true'">
     <HasPackageAndPublishMenu>true</HasPackageAndPublishMenu>
   </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
index 41c727939..a92e503aa 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-arm64.pubxml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">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/win-x64.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
index a48aacf06..7fcf5135a 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x64.pubxml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x64</Platform>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">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/win-x86.pubxml b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
index 26bd873da..0e1b3a242 100644
--- a/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
+++ b/dev/VSIX/ProjectTemplates/Desktop/CSharp/SingleProjectPackagedApp/Properties/PublishProfiles/win-x86.pubxml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Platform>x86</Platform>    
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" $(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0')) ">win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="!$(TargetFramework.Contains('net8.0'))">win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) >= 8">win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier> 
+    <RuntimeIdentifier Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetFrameworkVersion('$(TargetFramework)')) < 8">win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <PublishDir>bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\publish\</PublishDir>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
     <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>