WPF publish adds Windows Forms dlls (including design time dlls)
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Description
### Describe the bug
As the title is, a plain WPF application seems to somehow publish the Windows Forms dlls, including the design time ones, which are both very large and (presumably) not necessary.
### To Reproduce
1. Clone https://github.com/myblindy/wpf-publish-issue and open the solution
2. Create a basic self-contained publish to folder profile, mine was Windows-x64. Like this:

3. Publish to the folder
4. Notice the WF dlls in the publish folder:

### Exceptions (if any)
N/A
### Further technical details
- Include the output of `dotnet --info`
```
PS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview> dotnet --info
.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
Version: 7.0.100-preview.1.22110.4
Commit: 129d2465c8
Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.19042
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.100-preview.1.22110.4\
Host (useful for support):
Version: 7.0.0-preview.1.22076.8
Commit: 405337939c
.NET SDKs installed:
2.1.500 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
5.0.404 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
6.0.300-preview.22204.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
7.0.100-preview.1.22110.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
.NET runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.22 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.23 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 7.0.0-preview.1.22109.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.22 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.23 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 7.0.0-preview.1.22076.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.22 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.23 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.3 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 7.0.0-preview.1.22077.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
To install additional .NET runtimes or SDKs:
https://aka.ms/dotnet-download
```
- The IDE (VS / VS Code/ VS4Mac) you're running on, and its version
Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.2.0 Preview 4.0, but this has been an issue for a long while, on both .Net 6 and 7 (haven't tried before that).
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