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Group Policy made searchable

A free ADMX browser or comparison tool for IT administrators. Search policies, find registry keys, and see exactly what each setting writes to the Windows Registry. Or compare two GPO backups to see exactly what has changed between them.

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Turn off shared components

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.

Registry Information

VendorMicrosoft
ProductMSI
CategoryWindows Installer
Applies toComputer Configuration
Supported onWindows Installer v4.5
Registry Key[HKLM]SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller
Value NameDisableSharedComponent
TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled value1
Disabled value0