diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
index f728dc737f..0f0b6e3b35 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.props
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     <VcpkgAutoLink Condition="'$(UseLldLink)' == 'true'">false</VcpkgAutoLink>
     <VcpkgApplocalDeps Condition="'$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == ''">true</VcpkgApplocalDeps>
 
+    <!-- Classic Mode: The following line is edited by the mint standalone bundle script to be false for standlone copies -->
+    <VcpkgEnableClassic Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableClassic)' == ''">true</VcpkgEnableClassic>
+
     <!-- Manifest files -->
     <VcpkgEnableManifest Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == ''">false</VcpkgEnableManifest>
     <VcpkgManifestInstall Condition="'$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == ''">true</VcpkgManifestInstall>
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
index 2217c25d09..361850bd83 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/vcpkg.targets
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
     <_ZVcpkgInstalledDir Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgInstalledDir)' != '' and !$(_ZVcpkgInstalledDir.EndsWith('\'))">$(_ZVcpkgInstalledDir)\</_ZVcpkgInstalledDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' And ('$(VcpkgEnableClassic)' == 'true' Or '$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true')">true</_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest>
+    <_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest)' == ''">false</_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <!-- Special-case custom MSBuild platforms defined in the Microsoft GDK. See https://aka.ms/gdk and https://aka.ms/gdkx -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgOSTarget)' == '' AND '$(VcpkgPlatformTarget)' == '' AND '$(Platform)'=='Gaming.Desktop.x64'">
     <VcpkgOSTarget>windows</VcpkgOSTarget>
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@
 
     <_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)' == 'Debug'">debug\</_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir>
     <_ZVcpkgExecutable>$(_ZVcpkgRoot)vcpkg.exe</_ZVcpkgExecutable>
-    <ExternalIncludePath Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">$(ExternalIncludePath);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)include</ExternalIncludePath>
+    <ExternalIncludePath Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest)' == 'true'">$(ExternalIncludePath);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)include</ExternalIncludePath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Install settings to get headers and import libs for the currently selected _ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir -->
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest)' == 'true'">
     <Lib>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)$(_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir)lib;$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)$(_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir)lib\manual-link</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Lib>
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@
              Importance="High" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' != 'true' and '$(_ZVcpkgManifestRoot)' != ''" />
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="VcpkgTripletSelection" BeforeTargets="ClCompile">
+  <Target Name="VcpkgTripletSelection" BeforeTargets="ClCompile" Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest)' == 'true'">
     <Message Text="Using triplet &quot;$(VcpkgTriplet)&quot; from &quot;$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)&quot;"
              Importance="Normal" Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'"/>
     <Message Text="Using normalized configuration &quot;$(_ZVcpkgNormalizedConfiguration)&quot;"
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@
     <_ZVcpkgMSBuildStampFile>$(_ZVcpkgInstalledDir).msbuildstamp-$(VcpkgTriplet).$(_ZVcpkgHostTripletSuffix)stamp</_ZVcpkgMSBuildStampFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgEnableManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgManifestInstall)' == 'true'">
     <_ZVcpkgInstallManifestDependenciesInputs Include="$(_ZVcpkgManifestFileLocation)"/>
     <_ZVcpkgInstallManifestDependenciesInputs Include="$(_ZVcpkgConfigurationFileLocation)" Condition="Exists('$(_ZVcpkgConfigurationFileLocation)')"/>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="AppLocalFromInstalled" AfterTargets="CopyFilesToOutputDirectory" BeforeTargets="CopyLocalFilesOutputGroup;RegisterOutput"
-          Condition="'$(VcpkgEnabled)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == 'true' and '$(LinkSkippedExecution)' != 'true'">
+          Condition="'$(_ZVcpkgClassicOrManifest)' == 'true' and '$(VcpkgApplocalDeps)' == 'true' and '$(LinkSkippedExecution)' != 'true'">
     <Message Text="[vcpkg] Starting VcpkgApplocalDeps" Importance="low" />
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_ZVcpkgAppLocalPowerShellCommonArguments>-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -noprofile -File "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)applocal.ps1" "$(TargetPath)" "$(_ZVcpkgCurrentInstalledDir)$(_ZVcpkgConfigSubdir)bin" "$(TLogLocation)$(ProjectName).write.1u.tlog" "$(IntDir)vcpkg.applocal.log"</_ZVcpkgAppLocalPowerShellCommonArguments>