diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
index 0f8e6a767d2..c3b56b9044e 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="PropertyChanged.Fody" Version="2.5.13" />
+    <PackageReference Include="PropertyChanged.Fody" Version="3.3.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpVectors" Version="1.7.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -94,8 +94,4 @@
   <Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
     <Exec Command="taskkill /f /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq Flow.Launcher.exe&quot;" />
   </Target>
-
-  <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
-    <Exec Command="powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $(SolutionDir)Scripts\post_build.ps1 $(ConfigurationName) $(SolutionDir) $(TargetPath)" />
-  </Target>
 </Project>
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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 06d8dea7d86..1090926fc8e 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+    <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
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 9d9c09a9397..9f0b46d9385 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
+    <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
     <ApplicationIcon />
     <StartupObject />
   </PropertyGroup>
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 0140444e1bc..cc280b9a9cf 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
+    <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
diff --git a/Scripts/post_build.ps1 b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
index 836e27380a9..b08fac8f67f 100644
--- a/Scripts/post_build.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 param(
     [string]$config = "Release", 
-    [string]$solution,
-    [string]$targetpath
+    [string]$solution = (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ".." -Resolve)
 )
 Write-Host "Config: $config"
 
 function Build-Version {
     if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($env:flowVersion)) {
-        $v = (Get-Command ${TargetPath}).FileVersionInfo.FileVersion
+        $targetPath = Join-Path $solution "Output/Release/Flow.Launcher.dll" -Resolve
+        $v = (Get-Command ${targetPath}).FileVersionInfo.FileVersion
     } else {
         $v = $env:flowVersion
     }
@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@ function Build-Path {
     return $p
 }
 
-function Copy-Resources ($path, $config) {
-    $project = "$path\Flow.Launcher"
-    $output = "$path\Output"
-    $target = "$output\$config"
-    Copy-Item -Recurse -Force $project\Images\* $target\Images\
+function Copy-Resources ($path) {
     # making version static as multiple versions can exist in the nuget folder and in the case a breaking change is introduced.
-    Copy-Item -Force $env:USERPROFILE\.nuget\packages\squirrel.windows\1.5.2\tools\Squirrel.exe $output\Update.exe
+    Copy-Item -Force $env:USERPROFILE\.nuget\packages\squirrel.windows\1.5.2\tools\Squirrel.exe $path\Output\Update.exe
 }
 
 function Delete-Unused ($path, $config) {
@@ -55,17 +51,6 @@ function Validate-Directory ($output) {
     New-Item $output -ItemType Directory -Force
 }
 
-function Zip-Release ($path, $version, $output) {
-    Write-Host "Begin zip release"
-
-    $content = "$path\Output\Release\*"
-    $zipFile = "$output\Flow-Launcher-v$version.zip"
-
-    Compress-Archive -Force -Path $content -DestinationPath $zipFile
-
-    Write-Host "End zip release"
-}
-
 function Pack-Squirrel-Installer ($path, $version, $output) {
     # msbuild based installer generation is not working in appveyor, not sure why
     Write-Host "Begin pack squirrel installer"
@@ -75,6 +60,8 @@ function Pack-Squirrel-Installer ($path, $version, $output) {
 
     Write-Host "Packing: $spec"
     Write-Host "Input path:  $input"
+    # making version static as multiple versions can exist in the nuget folder and in the case a breaking change is introduced.
+    New-Alias Nuget $env:USERPROFILE\.nuget\packages\NuGet.CommandLine\5.4.0\tools\NuGet.exe -Force
     # TODO: can we use dotnet pack here?
     nuget pack $spec -Version $version -BasePath $input -OutputDirectory $output -Properties Configuration=Release
 
@@ -100,40 +87,30 @@ function Pack-Squirrel-Installer ($path, $version, $output) {
     Write-Host "End pack squirrel installer"
 }
 
-function IsDotNetCoreAppSelfContainedPublishEvent{
-    return Test-Path $solution\Output\Release\coreclr.dll
-}
+function Publish-Self-Contained ($p) {
 
-function FixPublishLastWriteDateTimeError ($solutionPath) {
-    #Fix error from publishing self contained app, when nuget tries to pack core dll references throws the error 'The DateTimeOffset specified cannot be converted into a Zip file timestamp' 
-    gci -path "$solutionPath\Output\Release" -rec -file *.dll | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddYears(-20)} | %  { try { $_.LastWriteTime = '01/01/2000 00:00:00' } catch {} }
+    $csproj  = Join-Path "$p" "Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj" -Resolve
+    $profile = Join-Path "$p" "Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/NetCore3.1-SelfContained.pubxml" -Resolve
+
+    # we call dotnet publish on the main project. 
+    # The other projects should have been built in Release at this point.
+    dotnet publish -c Release $csproj /p:PublishProfile=$profile
 }
 
 function Main {
     $p = Build-Path
     $v = Build-Version
-    Copy-Resources $p $config
+    Copy-Resources $p
 
     if ($config -eq "Release"){
         
-        if(IsDotNetCoreAppSelfContainedPublishEvent) {
-            FixPublishLastWriteDateTimeError $p
-        }
-        
         Delete-Unused $p $config
+
+        Publish-Self-Contained $p
+
         $o = "$p\Output\Packages"
         Validate-Directory $o
-        # making version static as multiple versions can exist in the nuget folder and in the case a breaking change is introduced.
-        New-Alias Nuget $env:USERPROFILE\.nuget\packages\NuGet.CommandLine\5.4.0\tools\NuGet.exe -Force
         Pack-Squirrel-Installer $p $v $o
-    
-        $isInCI = $env:APPVEYOR
-        if ($isInCI) {
-            Zip-Release $p $v $o
-        }
-
-        Write-Host "List output directory"
-        Get-ChildItem $o
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 1f0937d6ddb..7d1da7f3f32 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -26,17 +26,42 @@ before_build:
 build:
   project: Flow.Launcher.sln
   verbosity: minimal
+after_build:
+  - ps: .\Scripts\post_build.ps1
 
 artifacts:
-- path: 'Output\Packages\Flow-Launcher-*.zip'
-  name: Zip
 - path: 'Output\Release\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.*.nupkg'
   name: Plugin nupkg
+- path: 'Output\Packages\Flow-Launcher-*.exe'
+  name: Squirrel Installer
+- path: 'Output\Packages\FlowLauncher-*-full.nupkg'
+  name: Squirrel nupkg
+- path: 'Output\Packages\RELEASES'
+  name: Squirrel RELEASES
 
 deploy:
-  provider: NuGet
-  artifact: /.*\.nupkg/
-  api_key:
-    secure: n80IeWR3pN81p0w4uXq4mO0TdTXoJSHHFL+yTB9YBJ0Wni2DjZGYwOFdaWzW4hRi
-  on:
-    branch: master
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+  - provider: NuGet
+    artifact: Plugin nupkg
+    api_key:
+      secure: n80IeWR3pN81p0w4uXq4mO0TdTXoJSHHFL+yTB9YBJ0Wni2DjZGYwOFdaWzW4hRi
+    on:
+      branch: master
+
+  - provider: GitHub
+    release: v$(flowVersion)
+    auth_token:
+      secure: ij4UeXUYQBDJxn2YRAAhUOjklOGVKDB87Hn5J8tKIzj13yatoI7sLM666QDQFEgv
+    artifact: Squirrel Installer, Squirrel nupkg, Squirrel RELEASES
+    draft: true
+    force_update: true
+    on:
+      branch: master
+
+  - provider: GitHub
+    release: v$(flowVersion)
+    auth_token:
+      secure: ij4UeXUYQBDJxn2YRAAhUOjklOGVKDB87Hn5J8tKIzj13yatoI7sLM666QDQFEgv
+    artifact: Squirrel Installer, Squirrel nupkg, Squirrel RELEASES
+    force_update: true
+    on:
+      APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG: true
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