diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4596aa08441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<Project>
+	<Target Name="ExcludePluginProjectReferenceOutput"
+			AfterTargets="AssignProjectConfiguration" 
+			BeforeTargets="ResolveProjectReferences" 
+			Condition="'$(OutputType)' == 'Library' and '$(CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies)' == 'true' and $(AssemblyName.EndsWith('Tests')) == 'false' ">
+	  <ItemGroup>
+		<ProjectReferenceWithConfiguration Update="@(ProjectReferenceWithConfiguration)" >
+		  <Private>false</Private>
+		</ProjectReferenceWithConfiguration>
+		<ProjectReference Update="@(ProjectReference)" >
+		  <Private>false</Private>
+		</ProjectReference>
+	  </ItemGroup>
+	</Target>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
index 13daddf109b..85b745a6b83 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{9B130CC5-14FB-41FF-B310-0A95B6894C37}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark</AssemblyName>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
index e7cae42aebe..897e14263e3 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{59BD9891-3837-438A-958D-ADC7F91F6F7E}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Caculator</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Caculator</AssemblyName>
-	<UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
+    <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color.csproj
index 19f8fb98075..091510d7f30 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{F35190AA-4758-4D9E-A193-E3BDF6AD3567}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Color</AssemblyName>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel.csproj
index d1c185c3633..24b54baf391 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{1EE20B48-82FB-48A2-8086-675D6DDAB4F0}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ControlPanel</AssemblyName>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
index efa5339b4d9..a1a08843a50 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <ApplicationIcon />
     <StartupObject />
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
index 48639156e69..0e9fdcdb7fb 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{FDED22C8-B637-42E8-824A-63B5B6E05A3A}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator</AssemblyName>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement.csproj
index 49451d5ba84..5313e1e54a1 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{049490F0-ECD2-4148-9B39-2135EC346EBE}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginManagement</AssemblyName>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj
index ab84aa54acf..cf9c9629402 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller</PackageId>
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller</RepositoryUrl>
     <PackageTags>flow-launcher flow-plugin</PackageTags>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj
index 331566f90d1..142c9a0b63a 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{FDB3555B-58EF-4AE6-B5F1-904719637AB4}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program</AssemblyName>
     <UseWpf>true</UseWpf>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj
index ad1dd079ebd..84cfd6031d8 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{C21BFF9C-2C99-4B5F-B7C9-A5E6DDDB37B0}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell</AssemblyName>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj
index b63654b7c22..482b9717bc6 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{0B9DE348-9361-4940-ADB6-F5953BFFCCEC}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys</AssemblyName>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj
index 75fa52290e9..30ad90cb688 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
   
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{A3DCCBCA-ACC1-421D-B16E-210896234C26}</ProjectGuid>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url</AssemblyName>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
index c2449a49e5b..56cacab83ac 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{403B57F2-1856-4FC7-8A24-36AB346B763E}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch</AssemblyName>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>