Turn off shared components
- Policy ID
- DisableSharedComponent
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Installer v4.5
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Windows Installer
Description
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
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- DisableSharedComponentREG_DWORD