Microsoft changed the UuidCreate function so it no longer uses the machine's MAC address as part of the UUID. Since CoCreateGuid calls UuidCreate to get its GUID, its output also changed. If you still like the GUIDs to be generated in sequential order (helpful for keeping a related group of GUIDs together in the system registry), you can use the UuidCreateSequential function.

CoCreateGuid generates random-looking GUIDs like these:

Microsoft changed the UuidCreate function so it no longer uses the machine's MAC address as part of the UUID. Since CoCreateGuid calls UuidCreate to get its GUID, its output also changed. If you still like the GUIDs to be generated in sequential order (helpful for keeping a related group of GUIDs together in the system registry), you can use the UuidCreateSequential function.

CoCreateGuid generates random-looking GUIDs like these:

static extern int CoCreateGuid ( out Guid guid );

CoCreateGuid ( out guid );

Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR ( CoCreateGuid ( out guid ) , new IntPtr ( -1 ) );