The correct way to avoid self healing on a component is not but removing the keypath.
If you want self healing to be disabled you should be removing Component code. A blank key path confuses self healing. A blank component GUID stops self healing data being written to the registry, effectively disabling it.
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About Author: Vijay is a passionate Technology Evangelist & a Microsoft MVP in Application Setup / Deployment. 