Publishing MAUI Project on Windows: Grayed Out Option

Question

I want to publish my MAUI project on the Windows platform, but the publishing option is grayed out. What steps can be taken to resolve this issue?

Here's my C# project configuration:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
	<PropertyGroup>
		<TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows'))">$(TargetFrameworks);net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFrameworks>
		<!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
		<!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net9.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
		<!-- Note for MacCatalyst:
		The default runtime is maccatalyst-x64, except in Release config, in which case the default is maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64.
		When specifying both architectures, use the plural <RuntimeIdentifiers> instead of the singular <RuntimeIdentifier>.
		The Mac App Store will NOT accept apps with ONLY maccatalyst-arm64 indicated;
		either BOTH runtimes must be indicated or ONLY macatalyst-x64. -->
		<!-- For example: <RuntimeIdentifiers>maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> -->
		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
		<RootNamespace>RumorsSearcher</RootNamespace>
		<UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
		<SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
		<!-- Display name -->
		<ApplicationTitle>RumorsSearcher</ApplicationTitle>
		<!-- App Identifier -->
		<ApplicationId>com.companyname.rumorssearcher</ApplicationId>
		<!-- Versions -->
		<ApplicationDisplayVersion>1.0</ApplicationDisplayVersion>
		<ApplicationVersion>1</ApplicationVersion>
		<!-- To develop, package, and publish an app to the Microsoft Store, see: https://aka.ms/MauiTemplateUnpackaged -->
		<WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
    <WindowsSdkPackageVersion>10.0.19041.41</WindowsSdkPackageVersion>
		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'ios'">15.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'maccatalyst'">15.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android'">21.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
		<TargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'tizen'">6.5</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
		<PublishAot>True</PublishAot>
	</PropertyGroup>
	<ItemGroup>
		<!-- App Icon -->
		<MauiIcon Include="Resources\AppIcon\appicon.svg" ForegroundFile="Resources\AppIcon\appiconfg.svg" Color="#512BD4" />
		<!-- Splash Screen -->
		<MauiSplashScreen Include="Resources\Splash\splash.svg" Color="#512BD4" BaseSize="128,128" />
		<!-- Images -->
		<MauiImage Include="Resources\Images\*" />
		<MauiImage Update="Resources\Images\dotnet_bot.png" Resize="True" BaseSize="300,185" />
		<!-- Custom Fonts -->
		<MauiFont Include="Resources\Fonts\*" />
		<!-- Raw Assets (also remove the "Resources\Raw" prefix) -->
		<MauiAsset Include="Resources\Raw\**" LogicalName="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
	</ItemGroup>
	<ItemGroup>
	  <None Remove="Resources\Images\node.png" />
	  <None Remove="Resources\Images\search.png" />
	  <None Remove="Resources\Images\setting.png" />
	</ItemGroup>
	<ItemGroup>
		<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" Version="8.3.2" />
		<PackageReference Include="DotNetSeleniumExtras.WaitHelpers" Version="3.11.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="HtmlAgilityPack" Version="1.11.67" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="9.0.0-rc.1.24431.7" />
		<PackageReference Include="Selenium.WebDriver" Version="4.25.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="9.0.0-rc.1.24451.1" />
		<PackageReference Include="XFEExtension.NetCore" Version="3.0.7" />
		<PackageReference Include="XFEExtension.NetCore.AutoConfig" Version="1.1.1" />
		<PackageReference Include="XFEExtension.NetCore.AutoImplement" Version="1.0.1" />
		<PackageReference Include="XFEExtension.NetCore.AutoPath" Version="1.0.1" />
		<PackageReference Include="XFEExtension.NetCore.TodoHighLight" Version="1.0.0" />
		<PackageReference Include="XFEExtension.NetCore.XFEConsole" Version="1.0.3" />
	</ItemGroup>
	<ItemGroup>
	  <MauiXaml Update="Resources\Theme\DarkTheme.xaml">
	    <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
	  </MauiXaml>
	  <MauiXaml Update="Resources\Theme\LightTheme.xaml">
	    <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
	  </MauiXaml>
	  <MauiXaml Update="Views\SettingPage.xaml">
	    <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
	  </MauiXaml>
	</ItemGroup>
</Project>