Turn off shared components
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Installer
Supported on
Windows Installer v4.5

This policy setting controls the ability to turn off shared components. If you enable this policy setting, no packages on the system get the shared component functionality enabled by the msidbComponentAttributesShared attribute in the Component Table. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, by default, the shared component functionality is allowed.

Internal name
DisableSharedComponent
Policy ID
b14ce3f60c0f
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
Value name
DisableSharedComponent
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
Value name
DisableSharedComponent
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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