Visual Studio 2022: How to create a launch.json with a prelaunch task?

Question

I am developing a C++ CMake project in Visual Studio. First off, I have started the project in Visual Studio Code, with the following folder structure:

root/
  - CMakeLists.txt
  - CMakePresets.json
  - /apps
      - CMakeLists.txt
      - main.cpp
  - /cpp-library
      - CMakeLists.txt
      - includes/
          - class1.h
          - [other .h classes]
      - src/
          - class1.cpp
          - [other .cpp classes]
  - /srcDataFiles
      - test.txt

In Visual Studio Code, I use a launch.json and tasks.json in order to run the file. Specifically, I have it setup so that whenever the "Start" button is pressed, the configuration inside launch.json runs. Inside launch.json, there is a preLaunchTask, which first builds the project (with all changes to the code) and runs the project after the preLaunchTask (after the build is finished).

Visual Studio Code launch.json:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "(Windows) Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\out\\build\\${command:cmake.activeConfigurePresetName}\\apps\\main.exe",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": false,
            "preLaunchTask": "CMake: build",
            "logging": {
                "moduleLoad": false,
                "trace": true
            },
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gdb.exe",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Visual Studio Code tasks.json:

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "cmake",
            "label": "CMake: build",
            "command": "build",
            "targets": [
                "all"
            ],
            "preset": "${command:cmake.activeBuildPresetName}",
            "group": "build",
            "problemMatcher": [],
            "detail": "CMake template build task",   
        }

    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}

When the Start Item button is pressed, launch.json is ran with the cwd (current working directory) set to ${workspaceRoot}. Also, before the "program" is executed, a preLaunchTask named "CMake: build" is ran, which builds the project before it is ran.

When porting the same project to Visual Studio as an "Open Folder Project" (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/develop-code-in-visual-studio-without-projects-or-solutions?view=vs-2022), you are forced to use launch.vs.json and tasks.vs.json inside the .vs root subdirectory. However, after looking at the documentation for launch.vs.json (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/launch-vs-schema-reference-cpp?source=recommendations&view=msvc-170), I see no field that would make it possible to configure a preLaunchTask in the same manner as is done in Visual Studio Code.

I have created the following launch.vs.json in Visual Studio:

{
  "version": "0.2.1",
  "defaults": {},
  "configurations": [
    {
      "type": "default",
      "project": "out\\build\\ConfigurePresetv1\\main.exe",
      "projectTarget": "",
      "name": "main.exe launch",
      "currentDir": "${workspaceRoot}"
    }
  ]
}

With the current setup of launch.vs.json, I have to manually click CTRL-SHIFT-B to build the project and afterwards select the main.exe launch Start Item to launch the code.

How can I modify launch.vs.json and tasks.vs.json to achieve the same behaviour is Visual Studio as I have in VS-Code (that is: how to define a preLaunchTask in launch.vs.json that runs before the project field is executed)?