This workaround hasn't worked for me. I added the following to my snapvol.cfg in my writable app volume but it doesn't appear to have had an effect. The svchost process associated with the AppReadiness service still uses a consistent 30% CPU.
I submitted a case with VMware last week but they have not yet reached out to me.
SAMPLE SNAPVOL.CFG:
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# Registry exclusions
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exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\VolumeInfoCache
os=64
exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Search\VolumeInfoCache
os=any
# https://communities.vmware.com/thread/616037
exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx
include_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\Applications
exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx
exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppReadiness
################################################################# Registry exclusions################################################################
exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\VolumeInfoCache
os=64exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Search\VolumeInfoCacheos=any
# https://communities.vmware.com/thread/616037exclude_registry=\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi...