c# – Can not run MAUI app: “a project with an Output type of Class Library cannot be started directly”

I am working on a MAUI app, and the following error started to appear without any identifiable cause (last update from main branch was 6 days ago and project is stable, been working on it fine during the last few days):

“a project with an Output type of Class Library cannot be started directly”

Only thread about this issue happening specifically with maui ( .NET MAUI App (exe) doesnt start after building (Release or Debug) ) says the fix is to include:

<WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>

My csproj already includes:

<TargetFrameworks>net9.0;net9.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
    <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows'))">$(TargetFrameworks);net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFrameworks>

    <OutputType Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net9.0'">Exe</OutputType>

        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>

(.net9 is for enabling UT)

And we also include the appropriate launchsettings config:

{
  "profiles": {
    "Windows Machine": {
      "commandName": "Project",
      "nativeDebugging": false
    }
  }
}

I have updated VS to the latest version, uninstalled the app from windows, deleted Bin/obj/.vs etc. I have no idea what could be causing the issue except weird VS stuff… Thanks for any input