diff --git a/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget b/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget
index e7fb4bb..174bf56 100644
--- a/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget
+++ b/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ resources:
       winget:
         securityContext: elevated
 
+  - type: Microsoft.WinGet/Package
+    name: DotNetSdk
+    properties:
+      id: Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.10
+      source: winget
+      acceptAgreements: true
+    metadata:
+      description: Install .NET SDK 10
+      winget:
+        securityContext: elevated
+
   - type: Microsoft.WinGet/Package
     name: VisualStudio
     properties:
@@ -94,6 +105,17 @@ resources:
       winget:
         securityContext: elevated
 
+  - type: Microsoft.WinGet/Package
+    name: WindowsAppRuntime
+    properties:
+      id: Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.6
+      source: winget
+      acceptAgreements: true
+    metadata:
+      description: Install the Windows App Runtime 1.6
+      winget:
+        securityContext: elevated
+
   - type: Microsoft.DSC.Transitional/RunCommandOnSet
     name: VSWorkloads
     dependsOn:
diff --git a/src/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget b/src/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget
index e7fb4bb..174bf56 100644
--- a/src/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget
+++ b/src/Workloads/winui/configuration.winget
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ resources:
       winget:
         securityContext: elevated
 
+  - type: Microsoft.WinGet/Package
+    name: DotNetSdk
+    properties:
+      id: Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.10
+      source: winget
+      acceptAgreements: true
+    metadata:
+      description: Install .NET SDK 10
+      winget:
+        securityContext: elevated
+
   - type: Microsoft.WinGet/Package
     name: VisualStudio
     properties:
@@ -94,6 +105,17 @@ resources:
       winget:
         securityContext: elevated
 
+  - type: Microsoft.WinGet/Package
+    name: WindowsAppRuntime
+    properties:
+      id: Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.6
+      source: winget
+      acceptAgreements: true
+    metadata:
+      description: Install the Windows App Runtime 1.6
+      winget:
+        securityContext: elevated
+
   - type: Microsoft.DSC.Transitional/RunCommandOnSet
     name: VSWorkloads
     dependsOn:
diff --git a/src/tests/winui/Program.cs b/src/tests/winui/Program.cs
index af88d97..c007898 100644
--- a/src/tests/winui/Program.cs
+++ b/src/tests/winui/Program.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,57 @@
-// Hello-world probe for the WinUI 3 flow.
-//
-// We don't show a window (CI runners are headless for interactive UI), but we
-// *do* reference a WinUI type and read back its name — this forces the
-// Microsoft.WinUI projection assembly (shipped by the Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK
-// NuGet) to actually load. If the WinAppSDK restore was incomplete, the
-// `typeof` below would fail and the harness would flag the flow broken.
-
 using System;
+using Microsoft.UI.Dispatching;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+
+namespace HelloWinUI;
+
+public class App : Application
+{
+    private Window? _window;
+
+    protected override void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)
+    {
+        var root = new Grid();
+        _window = new Window
+        {
+            Title = "WinUI",
+            Content = root,
+        };
+
+        root.Loaded += OnRootLoaded;
+        _window.Activate();
+    }
+
+    private async void OnRootLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        var root = (FrameworkElement)sender;
+        root.Loaded -= OnRootLoaded;
+
+        var dialog = new ContentDialog
+        {
+            XamlRoot = root.XamlRoot,
+            Title = "WinUI",
+            Content = $"WinUI: {typeof(Application).Name}",
+            CloseButtonText = "OK",
+        };
+
+        await dialog.ShowAsync();
+        _window?.Close();
+        Exit();
+    }
+}
 
-var name = typeof(Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Application).Name;
-Console.WriteLine($"WinUI: {name}");
+public static class Program
+{
+    [STAThread]
+    public static void Main()
+    {
+        Application.Start(p =>
+        {
+            var context = new DispatcherQueueSynchronizationContext(
+                DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread());
+            System.Threading.SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(context);
+            _ = new App();
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/winui/hello.csproj b/src/tests/winui/hello.csproj
index 958ee01..ab3036f 100644
--- a/src/tests/winui/hello.csproj
+++ b/src/tests/winui/hello.csproj
@@ -1,27 +1,4 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
-  <!--
-    Minimal WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK) project used only as a hello-world probe
-    for CI. The `Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK` NuGet carries the WinUI build
-    targets and the `Microsoft.WinUI` projection assembly; the
-    `net10.0-windows10.0.19041.0` TFM pulls in the matching Windows SDK ref
-    pack. `WindowsPackageType=None` builds an unpackaged EXE so CI runners
-    can invoke it directly without needing to deploy an MSIX.
-
-    `AppxGeneratePriEnabled=false` skips WindowsAppSDK's `MrtCore.PriGen`
-    `AddPriPayloadFilesToCopyToOutputDirectoryItems` target, which otherwise
-    runs the `ExpandPriContent` MSBuild task. That task lives in
-    `Microsoft.Build.Packaging.Pri.Tasks.dll` under the .NET SDK's
-    `Microsoft\VisualStudio\v18.0\AppxPackage` path — not populated on
-    SDK-only builds (even with VS installed alongside, `dotnet build` uses
-    the SDK's own MSBuild directory, not VS's). Since this is an unpackaged
-    hello-world probe that doesn't emit or consume any .pri resources,
-    skipping PRI work is safe and keeps the command-line build green.
-
-    Program.cs references `Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Application` to prove the WinUI
-    projection actually loads before printing the expected stdout.
-  -->
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net10.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
@@ -32,10 +9,12 @@
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>false</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
     <AppxGeneratePriEnabled>false</AppxGeneratePriEnabled>
+    <EnableMsixTooling>true</EnableMsixTooling>
+    <WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>true</WindowsAppSDKSelfContained>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.6.250205002" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>