Crystal Report XI R2 merge modules install Enterprise components... Why?

I am in charge of creating the runtime component insallation (we are using the RDC) and have used the merge modules for Crystal Reports XI R2 to create a msi package for installation. I used the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer for the creation of the msi. The installer seems to be adding some Business Objects Enterprise 11.5 components which is causing some of our users Enterprise 10 to stop working... It also seems that if they unregister the EnterpriseFramework.dll and register the same file associated with Enterprise 10, they are able to run with some minor issues (like colors not there, etc.).
The question I have; Is there a particular reason these Business Objects Enterprise 11.5 components NEED to be installed? If not, is there a way to keep them from being included in my installation package?
Any help is appreciated, I have been searching for similar issues on this for a couple days now and have found absolutely nothing of any help.

Maybe we need to back up a little bit. When you say:
Enterprise 10 to stop working...
What does that mean? What actually happens? Errors, behavior, etc?
Next:
At this point what would my options be for this issue (remove files from merge module)?
- I am not sure that removing the EnterpriseFramework.dll would be the way to go. Presumably the dll is htere because it is needed by the RDC(?). BTW., this is the only DLL with Enterprise in it that I see in the msm files.
Would this be a bug related to the merge modules, or are these files supposed to be included?
- Not sure, but the dll is installed into this directory: c:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 11.5\win32_x86. And it is a COM dll, so CE 10 should not even know that this dll is there. One good way to check is to use regsvr32 /u and unregister the EnterpriseFramework.dll. See if the CE 10 install starts to work now. You may want to re-register the EnterpriseFramework.dll of version 10.
Ludek

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