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Samples use unsupported RuntimeIdentifiers (RIDs) - `win10-*`

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Start with the listed Samples/**/.csproj and Templates/VSIX/Project Templates/cs-winui-template/WinUI3TemplateCs.csproj files, using the provided findstr search to locate every win10- RuntimeIdentifier. Replace the pruned identifiers with the corresponding portable win-* values, then build an affected sample with a modern .NET SDK and confirm the NETSDK1083 errors are gone.

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Description

As per the .NET SDK uses a smaller RID graph documentation the "RID graph" has been pruned. Only 'portable' RIDs should be used (e.g. win-, linux-), and version-specific RIDs should not be used (i.e. win10-). There are still several samples using the pruned RIDs:

> findstr /spin /c:"RuntimeIdentifiers>win10" *.csproj
Samples\AppLifecycle\Activation\cs\cs-console-unpackaged\CsConsoleActivation\CsConsoleActivation.csproj:7:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Activation\cs\cs-winforms-unpackaged\CsWinFormsActivation\CsWinFormsActivation.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Activation\cs\cs-wpf-unpackaged\CsWpfActivation\CsWpfActivation.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Activation\cs1\cs-wpf-packaged\CsWpfActivation\CsWpfActivation.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64;win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Activation\cs2\cs-winui-packaged\CsWinUiDesktopActivation\CsWinUiDesktopActivation\CsWinUiDesktopActivation.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\EnvironmentVariables\cs-winforms-unpackaged\CsWinFormsEnv\CsWinFormsEnv.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Instancing\cs\cs-console-unpackaged\CsConsoleInstancing\CsConsoleInstancing.csproj:7:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Instancing\cs\cs-winforms-unpackaged\CsWinFormsInstancing\CsWinFormsInstancing.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Instancing\cs\cs-wpf-unpackaged\CsWpfInstancing\CsWpfInstancing.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Instancing\cs1\cs-wpf-packaged\CsWpfInstancing\CsWpfInstancing.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64;win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Instancing\cs2\cs-winui-packaged\CsWinUiDesktopInstancing\CsWinUiDesktopInstancing\CsWinUiDesktopInstancing.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\Restart\cs-winui-packaged\cs-winui-packaged\cs-winui-packaged.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\RestartRegistration\cs-winui-packaged\cs-winui-packaged.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\ShareTarget\WinUI-CS-ShareTargetSampleApp\WinUI-CS-ShareTargetSampleApp\WinUI-CS-ShareTargetSampleApp.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\StateNotifications\cs\cs-console-unpackaged\CsConsoleState\CsConsoleState.csproj:7:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\StateNotifications\cs\cs-winforms-unpackaged\CsWinFormsState\CsWinFormsState.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\StateNotifications\cs\cs-wpf-unpackaged\CsWpfState\CsWpfState.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\StateNotifications\cs1\cs-wpf-packaged\CsWpfState\CsWpfState.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;win10-x86;win10-arm64;win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\AppLifecycle\StateNotifications\cs2\cs-winui-packaged\CsWinUiDesktopState\CsWinUiDesktopState\CsWinUiDesktopState.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\CustomControls\CsApp\CsApp.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\CustomControls\WinUIComponentCs\WinUIComponentCs.csproj:6:              <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\DeploymentManager\cs-winui\DeploymentManagerSample.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\Notifications\App\CsUnpackagedAppNotifications\CsUnpackagedAppNotifications\CsUnpackagedAppNotifications.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\PhotoEditor\cs-winui\PhotoEditor.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\ResourceManagement\cs\cs-winforms-unpackaged\winforms_unpackaged_app.csproj:10:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\ResourceManagement\cs\cs-winui\ClassLibrary\ClassLibrary.csproj:7:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\ResourceManagement\cs\cs-winui\winui_desktop_packaged_app\winui_desktop_packaged_app.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\SelfContainedDeployment\cs\cs-wpf-unpackaged\SelfContainedDeployment.csproj:8:  <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\SelfContainedDeployment\cs1\cs-winui-packaged-wap\SelfContainedDeployment\SelfContainedDeployment.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\SelfContainedDeployment\cs2\cs-winui-packaged\SelfContainedDeployment.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\SelfContainedDeployment\cs2\cs-winui-unpackaged\SelfContainedDeployment.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\Unpackaged\cs-console-unpackaged\Unpackaged.csproj:7:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\Widgets\cs-console-packaged\CsConsoleWidgetProvider\CsConsoleWidgetProvider.csproj:8:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\Windowing\cs\cs-winforms-unpackaged\winforms_unpackaged_app.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Samples\Windowing\cs\cs-winui\Windowing.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
Templates\VSIX\Project Templates\cs-winui-template\WinUI3TemplateCs.csproj:9:    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x86;win10-x64;win10-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>

Using a modern dotnet SDK yields build errors when attempting to build them:

"S:\source\github\microsoft\WindowsAppSDK-Samples\samples\Input\cs-winui\Input.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"S:\source\github\microsoft\WindowsAppSDK-Samples\samples\Input\cs-winui\Input.csproj" (default target) (2) ->
(ProcessFrameworkReferences target) ->
  C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\9.0.305\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(107,5): error NETSDK1083: The specified RuntimeIdentifier 'win1
0-x64' is not recognized. See https://aka.ms/netsdk1083 for more information. [S:\source\github\microsoft\WindowsAppSDK-Samples\samples\Input\cs-winui\Input.csproj]
  C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\9.0.305\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(107,5): error NETSDK1083: The specified RuntimeIdentifier 'win1
0-x86' is not recognized. See https://aka.ms/netsdk1083 for more information. [S:\source\github\microsoft\WindowsAppSDK-Samples\samples\Input\cs-winui\Input.csproj]
  C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\9.0.305\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(107,5): error NETSDK1083: The specified RuntimeIdentifier 'win1
0-arm64' is not recognized. See https://aka.ms/netsdk1083 for more information. [S:\source\github\microsoft\WindowsAppSDK-Samples\samples\Input\cs-winui\Input.csproj]

Switching win10-* RIDs to win-* RIDs seems like reasonable due dilligence.

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