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AttachedCardShadow crashes side-loaded packaged WinUI 3 app
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Description
## Describe the bug
When using AttachedCardShadow anywhere in my app (WinUI3 / WinAppSDK 1.0), it runs fine from Visual Studio.
But as soon as I package the app and run it, the app crashes.
I get the following stack trace:

The exception message is:
"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Class not registered (0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))"
## Steps to Reproduce
Unfortunately I can't reproduce this in a sample app that starts with the newest templates.
My app was converted from one of the earliest ProjectReunion version to all subsequent versions until the current Windows App SDK 1.0 release.
I can't find major/important differences in the project files (csproj and wapproj), though.
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Use AttachedCardShadow anywhere in the app.
2. Sign manifest
2. Package using: Publish | Create App Packages...
3. Install by running the Add-AppDevPackage.ps1
4. Run
## Expected behavior
The app should run without a crash
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## Environment


NuGet Package(s):
Package Version(s):
Windows 10 Build Number:
21H2 / 19044.1348
App min and target version:
Min: April 2018 Update (17134)
Target: May 2020 Update (19041)
Device form factor: Desktop
Visual Studio version:
2022 (17.0.1)
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