Marking a component as shared only increments a counter in the registry.

When you uninstall an application, all its shared components are decremented. When the counter reach 0, the component is removed.


>Dear ALL,
>
>I got a problem regarding Package and Deploment Wizard and SQL Server Component. My problem is that whenever I Uninstall my Intalled VB
>Program using the Package that I have created, the SQL Server Component
>is also being removed/uninstalled which would not be correct.
>
>In the first place during my creation of my Package, The SQL Server
>Component is included in the list of 'Dependency Files' or 'Shared'
>Files.
>
>Is there something wrong with my creation of my package?
>Do I miss any Important step that I should do to make it work?
>
>Thanks regards
>Florencio