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Appvolumes 4 issue - User Writable contains lot more random folders than configured

Hello the Vmware Community, 

We are currently migrating from AppVolumes2 to AppVolumes4 and we have a big issue with the user writable. It contains a lot of random program files and windows folders that shoudln't be there. 

In AppVolumes2 we have user writables (uia only) and they are empty , they only contains the OST file (configured in the DEM) and the C:\Temp folder (configured in the snapvol.cfg) and everything works fine for all the connected users.

Now in AppVolumes4 the new users writables (uia only) we created contains also the OST and the Temp folder (as configured in the new DEM and new snapvol.cfg) but they also contains a lot of program files , windows, and other random folders causing various issues . For example if any program have one of their folders captured in the writable this program will crash on the 2nd launch saying his folders aren't accesible . 

We followed the VmWare AppVol4 documentation on how to exclude folders from the writable by manipulating the snapvol.cfg in the master image (customs config folders etc...) but it doesn't work , even with all the exclusion rules the folder are still being captured and created in the user writable.

We only managed to have Firefox correctly working and not having anymore his folders captured by the writable by manipulating the entries in the HookInjectionWhiteList in the windows registry , but others softwares (MS Teams, Gimp, etc...) even with the same manipulation still have issues.

Does anyone had the same issues in AppVolumes v4 ? 

Best regards !