diff --git a/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyProperty.cs b/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyProperty.cs
index 5364e9c10..e35abebf6 100644
--- a/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyProperty.cs
+++ b/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyProperty.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-#if GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_PRIVATE_ASSETS_ALL_MODE
+#if GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_EMBEDDED_MODE
 
 namespace CommunityToolkit.WinUI
 {
diff --git a/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyPropertyAttribute.cs b/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyPropertyAttribute.cs
index 61577eea5..0e7c0fafe 100644
--- a/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyPropertyAttribute.cs
+++ b/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/CommunityToolkit.DependencyPropertyGenerator.SourceGenerators/EmbeddedResources/GeneratedDependencyPropertyAttribute.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-#if GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_PRIVATE_ASSETS_ALL_MODE
+#if GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_EMBEDDED_MODE
 
 namespace CommunityToolkit.WinUI
 {
diff --git a/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/src/CommunityToolkit.WinUI.DependencyPropertyGenerator.targets b/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/src/CommunityToolkit.WinUI.DependencyPropertyGenerator.targets
index 7806f34d3..933629788 100644
--- a/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/src/CommunityToolkit.WinUI.DependencyPropertyGenerator.targets
+++ b/components/DependencyPropertyGenerator/src/CommunityToolkit.WinUI.DependencyPropertyGenerator.targets
@@ -7,21 +7,29 @@
     <DependencyPropertyGeneratorUseWindowsUIXaml Condition="'$(DependencyPropertyGeneratorUseWindowsUIXaml)' == '' AND '$(UseUwp)' != 'true'">false<DependencyPropertyGeneratorUseWindowsUIXaml>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Properties for the embedded mode, with defaults -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyAttributeEmbeddedMode Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyAttributeEmbeddedMode)' == ''">false</EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyAttributeEmbeddedMode>
+    <EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode)' == ''">false</EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Allow the source generators to detect the selected XAML mode -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <CompilerVisibleProperty Include="DependencyPropertyGeneratorUseWindowsUIXaml" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <!-- Define the 'GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_USE_WINDOWS_UI_XAML' name, if needed -->
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode)' == 'true' AND '$(DependencyPropertyGeneratorUseWindowsUIXaml)' == 'true'">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_USE_WINDOWS_UI_XAML</DefineConstants>
+  <!-- Define the build constants depending on the current configuration -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(DependencyPropertyGeneratorUseWindowsUIXaml)' == 'true'">$(DefineConstants);GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_USE_WINDOWS_UI_XAML</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyAttributeEmbeddedMode)' == 'true'">$(DefineConstants);GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_EMBEDDED_MODE</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode)' == 'true'">$(DefineConstants);GENERATED_DEPENDENCY_PROPERTY_EMBEDDED_MODE</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Emit additional messages for invalid configurations when referencing the runtime library -->
   <Target Name="CommunityToolkitGeneratedDependencyPropertyCheckForInvalidEmbeddedMode"
           DependsOnTargets="ResolveAssemblyReferences"
           BeforeTargets="CoreCompile"
-          Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode)' == 'true'">
+          Condition="'$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyAttributeEmbeddedMode)' == 'true' OR '$(EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode)' == 'true'">
     <ItemGroup>
       <CommunityToolkitGeneratedDependencyPropertyUwpDllReferencePath Include="@(ReferencePath)" Condition="'%(Filename)%(Extension)' == 'CommunityToolkit.Uwp.GeneratedDependencyProperty.dll'" />
       <CommunityToolkitGeneratedDependencyPropertyWinUIDllReferencePath Include="@(ReferencePath)" Condition="'%(Filename)%(Extension)' == 'CommunityToolkit.WinUI.GeneratedDependencyProperty.dll'" />
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@
     <Error Condition="'$(CommunityToolkitGeneratedDependencyPropertyDllReferenced)' == 'true'"
            Code="WCTDPCFG0001"
            HelpLink="https://aka.ms/toolkit/labs/windows"
-           Text="This project is referencing the '[GeneratedDependencyProperty]' .dll file, but it's also setting 'EnableGeneratedDependencyPropertyEmbeddedMode'. The embedded mode can only be used when the .dll file is not being referenced. Make sure to use 'PrivateAssets=&quot;all&quot;' and 'ExcludeAssets=&quot;lib&quot;' in the '&lt;PackageReference&gt;' element for the NuGet package." />
+           Text="This project is referencing the '[GeneratedDependencyProperty]' .dll file, but it's also enabling the embedded mode for its public APIs. The embedded mode can only be used when the .dll file is not being referenced. Make sure to use 'PrivateAssets=&quot;all&quot;' and 'ExcludeAssets=&quot;lib&quot;' in the '&lt;PackageReference&gt;' element for the NuGet package." />
   </Target>
 
   <!-- Check the Roslyn version and warn if it's not high enough (we don't need to remove the analyzers, as they're leveraging multi-targeting) -->