Preferences crash when debugging in Windows

[AndersenBell]

Description

When I attach a breakpoint on a line that will be reading from the Preferences and debug a windows instance of the app, the application throws an error:
System.TypeInitializationException: 'The type initializer for 'WinRT.ActivationFactory`1' threw an exception.'
Inner Exception:
COMException: ClassFactory cannot supply requested class

If I don't have a breakpoint on the line, it works successfully

Steps to Reproduce

MauiApp3 - Microsoft Visual Studio Preview 2023-10-26 11-42-08.zip

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/AndersenBell/MAUI-Preferenes-Win-Bug

Version with bug

8.0.0-rc.2.9373

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Windows

Affected platform versions

net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0

Did you find any workaround?

if you don't debug, then it works, or if you call Preferences.ContainsKey first

Relevant log output

System.TypeInitializationException: 'The type initializer for 'WinRT.ActivationFactory`1' threw an exception.'
Inner Exception:
COMException: ClassFactory cannot supply requested class

[dotnet-policy-service]

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[Zhanglirong-Winnie]

Verified this issue with Visual Studio 17.10.0 Preview 3(8.0.7&8.0.0-rc.2.9373). Not repro on windows platform.