https://devblogs.microsoft.com/setup/arpsystemcomponent-and-sequencing/
ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT and Sequencing - Visual Studio Setup
Oct 19, 2005 - Sequencing Windows Installer patches is typically straight forward but when the original product install or a previous, non-superseded patch defines...
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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/arpsystemcomponent?redirectedfrom=MSDN
ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT property - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn
Setting the ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT property to 1 using the command line or a transform prevents the application from being displayed in the Add or Remove Programs...
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