diff --git a/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Dev.appxmanifest b/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Dev.appxmanifest
index 59e6667daf7..f168dcbc11a 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Dev.appxmanifest
+++ b/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Dev.appxmanifest
@@ -136,5 +136,6 @@
   <Capabilities>
     <Capability Name="internetClient" />
     <rescap:Capability Name="runFullTrust" />
+    <rescap:Capability Name="unvirtualizedResources" />
   </Capabilities>
 </Package>
diff --git a/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Pre.appxmanifest b/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Pre.appxmanifest
index 03d484c67d1..5ad64fd6a48 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Pre.appxmanifest
+++ b/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package-Pre.appxmanifest
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
   <Capabilities>
     <Capability Name="internetClient" />
     <rescap:Capability Name="runFullTrust" />
+    <rescap:Capability Name="unvirtualizedResources" />
   </Capabilities>
 
   <Extensions>
diff --git a/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package.appxmanifest b/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package.appxmanifest
index 742e74c9d22..94a4600e74b 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package.appxmanifest
+++ b/src/cascadia/CascadiaPackage/Package.appxmanifest
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
   <Capabilities>
     <Capability Name="internetClient" />
     <rescap:Capability Name="runFullTrust" />
+    <rescap:Capability Name="unvirtualizedResources" />
   </Capabilities>
 
   <Extensions>
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/DefaultTerminal.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/DefaultTerminal.cpp
index 0ce17eb725d..7ab0a0b15dc 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/DefaultTerminal.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalSettingsModel/DefaultTerminal.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ bool DefaultTerminal::HasCurrent()
 
 void DefaultTerminal::Current(const Model::DefaultTerminal& term)
 {
-    THROW_IF_FAILED(DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultByPackage(winrt::get_self<DefaultTerminal>(term)->_pkg, true));
+    THROW_IF_FAILED(DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultByPackage(winrt::get_self<DefaultTerminal>(term)->_pkg));
 
     TraceLoggingWrite(g_hSettingsModelProvider,
                       "DefaultTerminalChanged",
diff --git a/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.cpp b/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.cpp
index fe4bbfa15d9..263d090b3a9 100644
--- a/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.cpp
@@ -213,20 +213,20 @@ try
 }
 CATCH_RETURN()
 
-[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultConsoleById(const IID& iid, const bool useRegExe) noexcept
+[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultConsoleById(const IID& iid) noexcept
 {
-    return s_Set(DELEGATION_CONSOLE_KEY_NAME, iid, useRegExe);
+    return s_Set(DELEGATION_CONSOLE_KEY_NAME, iid);
 }
 
-[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultTerminalById(const IID& iid, const bool useRegExe) noexcept
+[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultTerminalById(const IID& iid) noexcept
 {
-    return s_Set(DELEGATION_TERMINAL_KEY_NAME, iid, useRegExe);
+    return s_Set(DELEGATION_TERMINAL_KEY_NAME, iid);
 }
 
-[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultByPackage(const DelegationPackage& package, const bool useRegExe) noexcept
+[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_SetDefaultByPackage(const DelegationPackage& package) noexcept
 {
-    RETURN_IF_FAILED(s_SetDefaultConsoleById(package.pair.console, useRegExe));
-    RETURN_IF_FAILED(s_SetDefaultTerminalById(package.pair.terminal, useRegExe));
+    RETURN_IF_FAILED(s_SetDefaultConsoleById(package.pair.console));
+    RETURN_IF_FAILED(s_SetDefaultTerminalById(package.pair.terminal));
     return S_OK;
 }
 
@@ -285,64 +285,23 @@ CATCH_RETURN()
     return { DelegationPairKind::Custom, values[0], values[1] };
 }
 
-[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_Set(PCWSTR value, const CLSID clsid, const bool useRegExe) noexcept
+[[nodiscard]] HRESULT DelegationConfig::s_Set(PCWSTR value, const CLSID clsid) noexcept
 try
 {
-    // BODGY
-    // A Centennial application is not allowed to write the system registry and is redirected
-    // to a per-package copy-on-write hive.
-    // The restricted capability "unvirtualizedResources" can be combined with
-    // desktop6:RegistryWriteVirtualization to opt-out... but...
-    // - It will no longer be possible to double-click install through the App Installer
-    // - It requires a special exception to submit to the store
-    // - There MAY be some cleanup logic where the app catalog may try to undo
-    //   whatever the package did.
-    // This works around it by shelling out to reg.exe because somehow that's just peachy.
-    if (useRegExe)
-    {
-        wil::unique_cotaskmem_string str;
-        RETURN_IF_FAILED(StringFromCLSID(clsid, &str));
-
-        auto regExePath = wil::ExpandEnvironmentStringsW<std::wstring>(L"%WINDIR%\\System32\\reg.exe");
-
-        auto command = wil::str_printf<std::wstring>(L"%s ADD HKCU\\Console\\%%%%Startup /v %s /t REG_SZ /d %s /f", regExePath.c_str(), value, str.get());
-
-        wil::unique_process_information pi;
-        STARTUPINFOEX siEx{ 0 };
-        siEx.StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(siEx);
-
-        RETURN_IF_WIN32_BOOL_FALSE(CreateProcessW(
-            nullptr,
-            command.data(),
-            nullptr, // lpProcessAttributes
-            nullptr, // lpThreadAttributes
-            false, // bInheritHandles
-            EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT | CREATE_NO_WINDOW, // dwCreationFlags
-            nullptr, // lpEnvironment
-            nullptr,
-            &siEx.StartupInfo, // lpStartupInfo
-            &pi // lpProcessInformation
-            ));
-
-        return S_OK;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        wil::unique_hkey currentUserKey;
-        wil::unique_hkey consoleKey;
+    wil::unique_hkey currentUserKey;
+    wil::unique_hkey consoleKey;
 
-        RETURN_IF_NTSTATUS_FAILED(RegistrySerialization::s_OpenConsoleKey(&currentUserKey, &consoleKey));
+    RETURN_IF_NTSTATUS_FAILED(RegistrySerialization::s_OpenConsoleKey(&currentUserKey, &consoleKey));
 
-        // Create method for registry is a "create if not exists, otherwise open" function.
-        wil::unique_hkey startupKey;
-        RETURN_IF_NTSTATUS_FAILED(RegistrySerialization::s_CreateKey(consoleKey.get(), L"%%Startup", &startupKey));
+    // Create method for registry is a "create if not exists, otherwise open" function.
+    wil::unique_hkey startupKey;
+    RETURN_IF_NTSTATUS_FAILED(RegistrySerialization::s_CreateKey(consoleKey.get(), L"%%Startup", &startupKey));
 
-        wil::unique_cotaskmem_string str;
-        RETURN_IF_FAILED(StringFromCLSID(clsid, &str));
+    wil::unique_cotaskmem_string str;
+    RETURN_IF_FAILED(StringFromCLSID(clsid, &str));
 
-        RETURN_IF_NTSTATUS_FAILED(RegistrySerialization::s_SetValue(startupKey.get(), value, REG_SZ, reinterpret_cast<BYTE*>(str.get()), gsl::narrow<DWORD>(wcslen(str.get()) * sizeof(wchar_t))));
+    RETURN_IF_NTSTATUS_FAILED(RegistrySerialization::s_SetValue(startupKey.get(), value, REG_SZ, reinterpret_cast<BYTE*>(str.get()), gsl::narrow<DWORD>(wcslen(str.get()) * sizeof(wchar_t))));
 
-        return S_OK;
-    }
+    return S_OK;
 }
 CATCH_RETURN()
diff --git a/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.hpp b/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.hpp
index 70e3d6cb505..a6a5917bfea 100644
--- a/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/propslib/DelegationConfig.hpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DelegationConfig
 
     [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_GetAvailablePackages(std::vector<DelegationPackage>& packages, DelegationPackage& def) noexcept;
 
-    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_SetDefaultByPackage(const DelegationPackage& pkg, const bool useRegExe = false) noexcept;
+    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_SetDefaultByPackage(const DelegationPackage& pkg) noexcept;
 
     static constexpr CLSID CLSID_Default{};
     static constexpr CLSID CLSID_Conhost{ 0xb23d10c0, 0xe52e, 0x411e, { 0x9d, 0x5b, 0xc0, 0x9f, 0xdf, 0x70, 0x9c, 0x7d } };
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class DelegationConfig
     [[nodiscard]] static DelegationPair s_GetDelegationPair() noexcept;
 
 private:
-    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_SetDefaultConsoleById(const IID& iid, const bool useRegExe) noexcept;
-    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_SetDefaultTerminalById(const IID& iid, const bool useRegExe) noexcept;
+    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_SetDefaultConsoleById(const IID& iid) noexcept;
+    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_SetDefaultTerminalById(const IID& iid) noexcept;
 
-    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_Set(PCWSTR value, const CLSID clsid, const bool useRegExe) noexcept;
+    [[nodiscard]] static HRESULT s_Set(PCWSTR value, const CLSID clsid) noexcept;
 };