diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Helpers/UnpackagedDetector.cs b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Helpers/UnpackagedDetector.cs
index f5c5f549..44884962 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Helpers/UnpackagedDetector.cs
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Helpers/UnpackagedDetector.cs
@@ -64,11 +64,20 @@ public static bool CheckIsUnpackaged()
         private static bool? CheckUnpackaged2()
         {
             var dir = new DirectoryInfo(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);
+
+            // Electron-First packaging mode: the .NET binary is in resources/bin.
             if (dir.Name == "bin" && dir.Parent?.Name == "resources")
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
+            // DotNet-First packaging mode: the Electron host is in the electron subdirectory.
+            if (dir.GetDirectories().Any(e => e.Name == "electron"))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Development mode: the .electron subdirectory exists.
             if (dir.GetDirectories().Any(e => e.Name == ".electron"))
             {
                 return true;
@@ -106,4 +115,4 @@ public static bool CheckIsUnpackaged()
             return null;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Services/ElectronProcess/ElectronProcessActive.cs b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Services/ElectronProcess/ElectronProcessActive.cs
index b7c65ed4..dfc0b513 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Services/ElectronProcess/ElectronProcessActive.cs
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.API/Runtime/Services/ElectronProcess/ElectronProcessActive.cs
@@ -87,10 +87,24 @@ protected override async Task StartCore()
             }
             else
             {
-                dir = dir.Parent!.Parent!;
-                startCmd = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, this.electronBinaryName);
+                // DotNet-First packaging mode: the Electron host is in the electron subdirectory.
+                var electronDir = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, "electron");
+
+                if (Directory.Exists(electronDir))
+                {
+                    // New DotNet-First directory layout.
+                    startCmd = Path.Combine(electronDir, this.electronBinaryName);
+                    workingDir = electronDir;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Fallback to the legacy Electron-First directory layout.
+                    dir = dir.Parent!.Parent!;
+                    startCmd = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, this.electronBinaryName);
+                    workingDir = dir.FullName;
+                }
+
                 args = $"-dotnetpacked -electronforcedport={this.socketPort:D} " + this.extraArguments;
-                workingDir = dir.FullName;
             }
 
             // We don't await this in order to let the state transition to "Starting"
@@ -241,4 +255,4 @@ private void Process_Exited(object sender, EventArgs e)
             this.TransitionState(LifetimeState.Stopped);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.props b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.props
index 13578cae..af3bd840 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.props
+++ b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.props
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
     <ElectronSplashScreen></ElectronSplashScreen>
     <ElectronIcon></ElectronIcon>
     <PackageIcon></PackageIcon>
-    <ElectronPackageId>$(MSBuildProjectName.Replace(".", "-").ToLower())</ElectronPackageId>
+    <ElectronPackageId Condition="'$(ElectronPackageId)' == ''">$(MSBuildProjectName.Replace(".", "-").ToLower())</ElectronPackageId>
     <ElectronBuilderJson>electron-builder.json</ElectronBuilderJson>
-    <Title>$(MSBuildProjectName)</Title>
+    <Title Condition="'$(Title)' == ''">$(MSBuildProjectName)</Title>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
index 4ee0e8b8..3eb86f38 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
+++ b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
     <ElectronCustomHookTsFiles Include="ElectronHostHook\*.ts" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <!-- Skip Exec commands configuration (default: false) -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ElectronSkipExecCommands Condition="'$(ElectronSkipExecCommands)' == ''">false</ElectronSkipExecCommands>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Create variables for our output paths -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ElectronSourceFilesPath>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\..\ElectronNET.Host'))</ElectronSourceFilesPath>
@@ -151,10 +156,12 @@
           BeforeTargets="AssignTargetPaths"
           DependsOnTargets="ElectronResolvePaths">
 
+    <!-- ElectronPublishDir allows overriding the intermediate publish directory -->
     <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdkWeb)' != 'true'">
       <_NonIntermediatePublishDir>$(PublishDir)</_NonIntermediatePublishDir>
       <PublishUrl>$(PublishDir)</PublishUrl>
-      <PublishDir>$(IntermediateOutputPath)PubTmp\</PublishDir>
+      <PublishDir Condition="'$(ElectronPublishDir)' != ''">$(ElectronPublishDir)</PublishDir>
+      <PublishDir Condition="'$(ElectronPublishDir)' == ''">$(IntermediateOutputPath)PubTmp\</PublishDir>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <RemoveDir Directories="$(PublishDir);$(PublishUrl)" Condition="'$(UsingMicrosoftNETSdkWeb)' != 'true'" />
@@ -385,7 +392,7 @@
       <ElectronPlatform Condition="'$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'win-x64' OR '$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'win-x86' OR '$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'win-arm64'">win</ElectronPlatform>
       <ElectronPlatform Condition="'$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-x64' OR '$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-arm' OR '$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-arm64'">linux</ElectronPlatform>
       <ElectronPlatform Condition="'$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'osx-x64' OR '$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'osx-arm64'">mac</ElectronPlatform>
-     
+
       <!-- npm uses different OS names than Electron -->
       <NpmOs Condition="'$(ElectronPlatform)' == 'win'">win32</NpmOs>
       <NpmOs Condition="'$(ElectronPlatform)' == 'linux'">linux</NpmOs>
@@ -394,7 +401,7 @@
       <!-- npm CPU is same as ElectronArch except for linux-arm -->
       <NpmCpu>$(ElectronArch)</NpmCpu>
       <NpmCpu Condition="'$(ElectronRuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-arm'">arm</NpmCpu>
-     
+
       <_CurrentOSPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))">win</_CurrentOSPlatform>
       <_CurrentOSPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux'))">linux</_CurrentOSPlatform>
       <_CurrentOSPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('OSX'))">mac</_CurrentOSPlatform>
@@ -445,7 +452,7 @@
 
     <Message Importance="High" Text="Running command: $(_NpmCmd) in folder:  $(ElectronOutputPath)" Condition="@(_CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0" />
 
-    <Exec Command="$(_NpmCmd)" WorkingDirectory="$(ElectronOutputPath)" Timeout="600000" StandardOutputImportance="High" StandardErrorImportance="High" ContinueOnError="false" Condition="@(_CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0">
+    <Exec Command="$(_NpmCmd)" WorkingDirectory="$(ElectronOutputPath)" Timeout="600000" StandardOutputImportance="High" StandardErrorImportance="High" ContinueOnError="false" Condition="'$(ElectronSkipExecCommands)' != 'true' AND @(_CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ExecExitCode"/>
     </Exec>
 
@@ -629,7 +636,7 @@ For more information, see: https://github.com/ElectronNET/Electron.NET/wiki/Migr
       <_NpmCmd Condition="'$(IsLinuxWsl)' == 'true'">wsl bash -ic '$(_NpmCmd)'</_NpmCmd>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="$(_NpmCmd)" WorkingDirectory="$(ElectronPublishDirFullPath)" Timeout="600000" StandardOutputImportance="High" StandardErrorImportance="High" ContinueOnError="false" Condition="@(CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0">
+    <Exec Command="$(_NpmCmd)" WorkingDirectory="$(ElectronPublishDirFullPath)" Timeout="600000" StandardOutputImportance="High" StandardErrorImportance="High" ContinueOnError="false" Condition="'$(ElectronSkipExecCommands)' != 'true' AND @(CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ExecExitCode"/>
     </Exec>
 
@@ -657,7 +664,7 @@ For more information, see: https://github.com/ElectronNET/Electron.NET/wiki/Migr
       <_NpxCmd Condition="'$(IsLinuxWsl)' == 'true'">wsl bash -ic '$(_NpxCmd)'</_NpxCmd>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <Exec Command="$(_NpxCmd)" WorkingDirectory="$(ElectronPublishDirFullPath)" Timeout="1800000" StandardOutputImportance="High" StandardErrorImportance="High" ContinueOnError="false" Condition="@(CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0">
+    <Exec Command="$(_NpxCmd)" WorkingDirectory="$(ElectronPublishDirFullPath)" Timeout="1800000" StandardOutputImportance="High" StandardErrorImportance="High" ContinueOnError="false" Condition="'$(ElectronSkipExecCommands)' != 'true' AND @(CopiedFiles->Count()) > 0">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ExecExitCode"/>
     </Exec>