do not pin package versions to the GA release, keep them up-to-date with the latest servicing release. THis is the default arcade behavior, thus let it generate the manifest.

Tanya-Solyanik · Tanya-Solyanik · commit b53106631b30 · 2025-05-12T14:28:30.000-07:00
diff --git a/src/windowsdesktop/src/sfx/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref.sfxproj b/src/windowsdesktop/src/sfx/Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref.sfxproj
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <InstallerName>windowsdesktop-targeting-pack</InstallerName>
     <InstallerRuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;win-arm64</InstallerRuntimeIdentifiers>
     <VSInsertionShortComponentName>WindowsDesktop.TargetingPack</VSInsertionShortComponentName>
-    <CreatePlatformManifest Condition="'$(PreReleaseVersionLabel)' == 'servicing'">false</CreatePlatformManifest>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <PackageReadmeFile>PACKAGE.md</PackageReadmeFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -33,8 +32,4 @@
   <!-- Windows Forms validation and packaging -->
   <Import Project="WindowsForms.Packaging.targets" />
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(CreatePlatformManifest)' == 'false'">
-    <FilesToPackage Include="PlatformManifest.txt" TargetPath="data" GeneratedBuildFile="true" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
