Windows Shared Files is an extension of the standard Files bean. In addition to all the capabilities of the Files bean, it manages the reference counts in the Windows registry for each file added by this bean, plus the capability

NOTE: If you do not need to install shared files on a Windows machine, use the Files bean instead.

Place a "Windows-only" Platform condition, set to "Must be Met", on the component that contains this bean. If this bean executes on a non-Windows target machine, it does nothing.