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Citrix App Layer VDI causing Multiple GUIDs in SCCM

We ran across a head scratcher with some Citrix App Layering VDI machines. What it boiled down to is that the master image didn't have everything cleaned out of the client like we thought. There is apparently a new "feature" in the Citrix system that creates a "Citrix Profile" that SCCM ends up putting a backup file in. The only problem with that is that unless the file is removed from this hidden folder partition. The GUID will be picked up by all the VDIs that are made from that master. Even if you change the GUID on one it will change them on all of them. After Citrix support said it wasn't them MSFT support was able to provide the following useful information to clean up this scenario. For each user VM In the SCCM Console: delete the Computer object for this VM On the VM: net stop CCMexec Del %windir%\smscfg.ini delete SMS certificates open disk manager, Locate the hidden partition "c:\program files\Citrix\pvsvm\Se